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Good for you, Dinny! I pre-emptively medicate with 2 ibuprofen just before or after a hard workout if I've missed for a while. (Besides the obvious - good warm up,light stretch after warmup, and good cool down, or look for a beginner's class?) Congrats, Bryan! Esp impressive in this economy!

Mmm, I'm hungry!

Sounds like a consensus. Too bad, it sounded promising, and an interesting collaboration, for sure!

Al, how do you like this? Vicki, did you have a chance to hear this yet?

Yeah, you're probably right. I can't see Satchmo saying it like that! I still like it so much, that I'm stealing it for my sig. Thanks! (Hope you don't mind)

Thank you, Dusty 'Satchmo' Chalk!

This is really brilliant. I'm going to be pondering this all afternoon, I think. Kind of like a Zen koan.

Good luck Bryan! Awesome photo, Hopstretch!

Happy Belated Birthdays!

Looks like a great time! I really need to make this some time.

Adorable dog! My condolences Shelly.

Wow, that's a lot of Indian restaurants! They're available here, but you have to make an effort. But would you say 'go for curries' before you'd say 'go for some Indian food'? Heh. I could probably use an upgrade. But I did get it working this AM after a good night's sleep. Needed to plug the gateway into the network input, not the internet input. Duh. But AT&T guy didn't think of it, and neither did his tech support guy. He left me contact info for their network specialists, but said they'd charge me. Thanks, dude! And the new gateway actually reaches the whole house anyway. So I'm good for now.

Sat around waiting for AT+T guy to come and install U-Verse. Time window was 1-3P, he showed up at 345p, after I finally called to see where the hell he was. He didn't finish until 715p. I missed happy hour with friends and half a dinner date with my wife and another couple. And he couldn't get the new gateway to work with my old Linksys router. Yes, the old router would be kinda nice to keep since I have 2 of them on either side of the house connected over the home electrical wiring. I'll have to see if the new one's wifi signal will reach that far. Otherwise, it might be Airport Extreme time. Happily, the internet speed is very good (10-11 MBs down/2-3 MBs up). And dinner was great (Filet - grilled Medium Rare - and topped with goat cheese, atop creamy polenta and blanched baby spinach.) I was half way through it when I thought, 'I should take a pic!' Oh well. Still learning.

Happy Bday Vicki! Don't know Penger, but happy bday anyway!

Do you really say 'shall we go for some curries?' when you go out to eat? That looks pretty tasty, actually.

x2.I'll take both driver caution AND better traction. All you need is once to possibly save a life or injury. And tread used by the winter tires is tread saved on the other tires. So why not?

Oh, great! I really like my Nokians. Did you find a dealer? There aren't that many ...

I hope they've worked out the kinks! If I understand correctly, the current 'slim' version is relatively new - since mid to late June 2010, and had some significant changes.

Thanks for the tips! Heh. I've heard about that for Wii. Hopefully, less of that due to not actually needing to hold anything in your hand. Maybe a heart attack, if anything ...

Pre-ordered Xbox 360 with Kinect package. Our first gaming system since the original Playstation. Should be a nice Christmas ... but will have to establish some rules for our 5 year olds...

I never heard of the word 'davenport' until my wife told me her farmer grandparents from Wisconsin used it all the time. As in 'you kids dasn't jump on that davenport!' Maybe it's time to come out of the closet and admit that you are actually an old time farmer from Wisconsin.

Not sure about your theory, but Peter Sagal lives in our suburb. I have never met him, but we have friends who have a child who is classmates with his child in the elementary school. They also said they were surprised by how different he looked from what they expected.

Snow tires make a big difference for me. On big snow days in Chicago, I'm very happy I have them. There is much more control with steering, road feel and start/stop performance on snow and slush. I've felt in control when others are sliding or spinning out. I've owned several pairs of these: Nokian WR They are actually All Season tires that lean toward winter performance and do actually have a winter rating. I use them as my winter tires on my Subaru Legacy GT and year 'round on my wife's Prius. When I looked them up a few years go, they were also rated as being low rolling resistance for gas mileage. The company is in Finland, I figure they must know a bit about snow! They're a little soft for a sports sedan in the summer, that's why I swap them out on the Legacy. But it's great in the winter, and if I don't have time to switch them out, it's no big deal to drive on them as long as I want into spring. It's perfectly fine for the Prius all year. The tread seems to last about as long as most other All Seasons in my experience, although I think they might be rated a bit lower on tread life on paper. Even in Chicago winters, on most days, I really don't feel like I need winter tires. But on the several days that I do, I'm REALLY glad I have them! Only problem is it's limited in distribution, so you have to go out of your way to find a dealer.