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Websites that use the word 'my' in an attempt to personalize a portal of sorts. Examples: mysabrestickets.com. What irritates me even more is when there's a specific DNS entry for it.. my.bankname.com, my.widgets.com. It's not so much the *name* that irritates me, it's the fact that some marketing tool thought it up and everyone in the meeting sat around nodding, "Yeah Jim, that's a wonderful idea there. By calling it 'my', it sounds more personal. Very unique and well thought out." This thread is some wonderful therapy.

Heat transfers through water faster than air. My guess is density, but I don't remember much from my Chem/Phys classes....

http://www.metallica.com/index.asp?item=601136 Another new one.. My Apocalypse. Looks like a new track every Monday until Sept 12th.

Ahh... my guess is that one (or both) of you is behind a little router that isn't allowing direct connections. Video chat is going to be a direct connection... i.e. the AIM service will set it up, but once that' done, it's direct communication between the two of you. You can either drop the router for the chat session, see if you've got a 'DMZ' setting, or look up the correct ports to forward on the AIM/iChat sites. I'd do it for you, but if I don't get off of TBD and get my daughter moving, shell miss the bus!

What about a DSL/Cable router? Any of those in the mix? Can you send her a file via a direct transfer?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOVX6nMhf9A...feature=related Other one they've "released" off of Death Magnetic. I like the new stuff thus far. I liked most of St. Anger; much more so than Reload (though not as much as Load). This is better. Kind of like an And Justice For All and St. Anger love child... or something.

Yeah, it's who gets there first. If two people get there at the same time, its the person to the right. If they're directly across from each other, it's "standard" meaning that left turn yields to right/straight. GA has yield signs everywhere for folks turning right. The folks turning left from the oncoming lane have the right of way in a lot of places. It's annoying as not everyone knows which lights are setup like this. Not so sure I understand why it's like that. OH! Another one... this is fun... dimwits (I've only seen this down south, for the most part) that don't know how to treat a flashing yellow (or a non-working) traffic light. When you've a flashing yelling, it's CAUTION. Slow down, but don't stop. Half or more of the locals here treat it like a four way stop. That's dangerous as when you get the guy that knows *how* to treat it, opposing traffic assumes he'll four-way-stop like half of the others do. Other thread on ages... let's bump the driving age to 21 and make it cost more and include a hefty education requirement. Keep stupid people off the road.

Gah, another one... I work downtown, so I exit onto a one way street and then turn onto a one way street. Two rights. There is a parking garage entrance about 30 feet from the second turn. I always turn into the right hand lane as I have to turn into a lot up a few blocks. It *never* fails... the guy in front of me always turns into the second-to-rightmost lane and then, without looking at all, cuts directly in front of me and rips it into the parking garage. They go. I go. They cut in front of me without looking. Happens at least once a week. I hate that.

Ok. FREAKING SERIOUSLY PEOPLE. How the hell can anyone consider Papa John's a favorite? I can't even eat the stuff, the Pizza has an air of dish-water to it.

It's the monetarily challenged. If you don't get paid until Thursday, you can cut a bad check on Wednesday knowing you'll deposit your funds after work the next day.

Things that annoy me: * People with "religious fish" on their cars that cut me off and generally pay no attention to their fellow man while driving. * People with all of those 'in memory of' stickers on their cars. It seems to be a fad around here. I think that's very disrespectful. It was nice when it was random, but I can't go to the store without seeing three of them. They're getting to the point where they're mostly about sympathy, "In Memory of Great Great Grandpa, 1879 - 1961." * Idjiots that don't understand the concept of alternate-merge. * Idjiots that can't wait until the two lanes finally merge so they skip across that shrinking white "triangle" in order to get over "faster." * Guys that run past me on the escalator in order to get to work faster and wind up waiting next to me when waiting for the next elevator. * Those mother f&*%ing bluetooth ear pieces. News flash: YOU ARE NOT THAT IMPORTANT. STOP WITH THE HEAD FLASHING. Those tool masters look at you funny when you look up as if they were actually talking to the person in front of them. * The Carolina Hurricanes. * The "tie over the shoulder while I eat a burger" trick. Here's a tip: DO NOT EAT LIKE A FAT SLOB! * I debated putting a generalized group here in order to solicit laughter.. something like "Southerners" but I decided against it. Would have been kind of funny. Ok, time for a McVallium.

Got a good chuckle out of that. I'd watch the game, 'cept my damn satellite dish puked in the rain.

JP's arm wrapped up?

Really like what I see this year.... what an improvement. D's getting some good penetration and I *really* like the play calling. Might have to make this a Sunday Ticket year.

I stand corrected, I turned it on right when JP missed Lee... the ret of that drive was phenomenal. Apologies on the erratic comment.

Northstar? I *totallY* forgot about the game tonight and just turned in. Someone sum op the first two quarters in about two sentences, please? Offense looks to be clicking now, though JP looks kind of erratic. I like the calling thus far. That goose egg in the Colts column due to stout D or a second team O?

I always go in, unless one of the following conditions hold true: 1. I have both kids in the car with me but my wife is not along for the trip. More hassle than it's worth. 2. There's no one at the drive through. Most of the time, though, when stopping on the way to/from work or when the whole family is in the car, it's a lot quicker to just up and run in real quick.

Easy. Old School. God I love that movie.

What a tool. Sounds like my drive to work most mornings. Yeah, isn't that just annoying? I'm sure his kids go to VBS and his wife is active in a faith sharing group or something as well. It's a routine rather than a belief system. Just have to be sure all of the neighbors see them in church. Forget about the religion side for a minute. If half of those people took some of the message to heart... what a difference.

Right... if it's comforting, let them enjoy it. Catholicism is mild compared to some of the churches I've seen down here in Georgia. I'd lived here about a month when a friend asked me to go do something on a Thursday night. He didn't tell me what it was until we got there. A surprise Baptist service because he felt I needed to be saved! I went out of respect for him, not a problem at all. Though, I think the phrase 'fags are going to hell' was said about 56 times.

So? That, in my opinion, is one of the *best* aspects of religion. It has an ability to provide comfort. Try for a minute to imagine what it would be like to die and simply cease to exist. I'm not sure that's even fathomable. Having an answer (however correct) can make life much more enjoyable. I think religion in it's *purest* sense is a good thing. However true all of the stories are, if people truly modeled their lives after Jesus, we'd live in a much better world. The problems arise when politics and extremists mix in. Hell, hypocrites that leave Sunday Mass and proceed to cut off other drivers and ignore humanity as a whole... *they* are a problem. They show up so they can tell their neighbors they were there. Whatever my personal beliefs are... I can see that there are benefits. There are clearly downsides, though... can't argue that.

Bocce Ball. Armchair quarterbacking.

38? Sure, she gets a bit of a hot-handicap. I guess two, perhaps? Being a natural 5, she then defaults to a 7?

I like that.... serving in the military "grows you the hell up" real quick. Good call. I sense a lawsuit with that one, though... "because I chose to attend college rather than join the military, I have to be discriminated against?"

Would be nice to see a picture of her without that mug-shot look. She might not be so bad.