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Thanks! I'll look into it. Even the new MBP runs a little hot, but nothing like the old one!

Macbook Pro, the basic one for $1799. Took my old MPB in for repair yet again (5th time now in 3+ years) and decided to upgrade to the new edition in the meantime. Old MBP is out of warranty but still being covered as a "repeat repair" which apparently means it will be getting a more serious look this time. Runs really hot then burn everything out. Was just fixed in January and has already fried again. Will probably be handed down to a niece or nephew.

Tickets to the Lakers game in Miami. I'm stoked!

More like yanking!

Have a great birthday, Nate. Just one day older... a new number might be assigned, but it's really just one day.

Don't fall for this one, very clever advertising, RIPPED OFF ON E-BAY Spent $50 on E-bay for a penis enlarger. Bastards sent me a magnifying glass...

I like that! As if to say, "Although I'm not a shallow man, I couldn't help but notice that she's rather attractive." I had to deal with a situation like this during a Spring semester many years ago. If you're anything like me, and she is anything like her, then one day you'll show up to class and she'll shock the hell out of you... because she's wearing one of your sweatshirts! May? Don't think we made it to the end of January. No regrets. It's not like she was looking for an A. She had that wrapped up all on her own. We spent a year together. Took me 10 years to get her out of my mind, and I doubt that I'll ever forget her completely. Long story there. Sadly, she's no longer with us. She had been Miss Teen for the state of Ohio a couple of years earlier, so an easy 10. I'm a 7 rather than 5 but I lose a point for being an idiot, so that gets me back to the same 6 as you.

Actually, I just did some research and thankfully woodpeckers are not endangered in Cayman. The one who is doing untold damage to my place seems to be a West Indian woodpecker. Nice looking medium sized bird: That's just an image I found on the net. I'll see if I can get a picture of him tomorrow, but he looks fairly similar to that. I won't have the slingshot here for another couple of weeks, so he's still safe for a while. To refinish all of the bands around the house, it will cost almost $2k. I've read as much as I can this past year, and there doesn't seem to be any way to get them to go away. You pretty much have to exterminate, sadly. He's sort of become a friend in a way. I do my best to hit him with rocks, but he's just too quick for that, and my aim is lousy. By the time I cock up to throw the rock, he's already moving. That, and I almost took out one of my bathroom windows the other day with a rock. I tried to track him in flight and kind of lost my head, not thinking about the direction I was throwing the rock in.

A slingshot with ammo to bring to Cayman, to kill a woodpecker: My link A pellet gun for my motorhome to keep me entertained when I'm out West and feeling like a bandit and wanting to shoot at soda cans like a 12 year old: My link Fucking woodpecker is still messing with my house, and has been for a year and a half. Keeps coming every morning. He's made about 30-40 holes in my styrofoam bands, mostly up by the soffit. I won't dare fix the damage until I can get rid of him for good. Problems: 1) woodpeckers -- all varieties -- are extinct and are protected species here, 2) all forms of guns in Cayman are illegal, even the spear guns that fishermen once used, as well as BB guns, pellet guns, and even slingshots (wrist rockets). I'm not sure what the fine is for killing a woodpecker, but I won't get caught. It'll happen right in my own backyard when I finally get him with the slingshot. Everyone else in the neighborhood works during the day. It's possible to get 10 years in jail for bringing in a BB or pellet gun! Crazy, I know, but that's the way it is. So I'll take my chances with the slingshot because if they catch me with that I can always say I didn't know, or I could just make one easily enough. The "gun" is a different story and taken very seriously here.

Wow, that's fast! Average beard growth is supposedly only about 1/4" per month. Mine seems to be a little ahead of that, but not much. In the thick places around the chin I've got about 3/4" in 2 months. Don't know if the growth rate remains constant or what, but I'm not expecting more than 4" in the first year, and less than that for my mustache, sideburns, cheeks., etc. After 2 years it should be about 6-8" which would be perfect. Some guy in China once grew a beard that was something like 36" long. Maybe you're a distant relative.

Shoot! Can't make it. I'll be in Monaco at that time. But I'm planning to be in NY towards the end of March, probably the next weekend after that. Will have to catch up with you then.

Just growing it for Santa season. I've done all I can do in terms of wardrobe upgrades and such, so I'm wanting to see if having a real beard will make me look and feel more authentic. Problem is, you can't really get enough length in just one year (maybe just 3-4 inches), so it's sort of a 2 year commitment to fully grow it out. That gives you one year to still be yourself (brown hair and beard) and another year to actually "live" as Santa (with long white hair and a white beard, wearing a lot of red, etc). I'm told (by scores of Santas who have gone through the transformation) that after your first Christmas is over, you'll either dig it so much that you'll decide to stay the course (looking very Santa-like for years to come), or you'll shave off the beard and go back to your old self within a couple of months into the new year. I'm hoping to make it through this year, and then MAYBE next year, but probably not beyond that. We shall see. I've done goofier things.

I put on my Blackhawk's jersey along with my Santa glasses and ball cap, and then took a low res iPhoto pic of myself with 2 months of growth on the Santa beard.

Congrats! I've been tempted myself, but was hoping for SS. Guess I'll just wait for the next generation of MBA, like Mike.

Saw her several years ago at Carnegie Hall with Aaron (immtbiker). Just incredible.

Happy birthday, Dan. Kind of late to the party, but I hope it was a good one.

Calling the site administrator a motherfucker within your first 10 posts doesn't smack of good judgment, even though he had already called you a fuckface.

We had the accreditation team on campus this week. They only come once every 4 years, so it's sort of serious business, on your best behavior, etc. I decided that in their honor, I ought to at least wear pants and a long sleeve shirt as opposed to my usual Bermuda shorts and a hockey jersey. At the session where the accreditation team meets with and interrogates faculty, they asked some pretty pointed questions and we managed (as a group) to come up with some reasonable answers. Then seeing that they had kept us on the hot seat for long enough, one of them lobbed a softball question: "What is your favorite thing about teaching at this college?" It was a complete change in direction, so nobody seemed to know what to say. After a bit of awkward silence in the room, I broke in with, "Well, this quarter I'm teaching 2 classes with 26 students in total and only one student is male. I kind of like that for some reason." Nobody was sure whether to laugh or cry. I'm told it didn't go over too terribly well. Oh well, you ask a question...

Nice one, Shelly! Finding math-related examples of the use of fuckface with comedic appeal is, undoubtedly, no small task.

Happy belated birthday, Colin.

Just keep your eyes open for opportunities, Dinny. Good things are bound to happen at the right time and place, which in turn will get you energized again.

Come to think of it, I've got a stash from CanJam Chicago that I haven't listened to yet, either. Not nearly that man though. Maybe 6-8 as I recall.

Happy birthday, Steve.

I've got all of her albums and quite like her style, and yes she is quite cute, but I was certainly shocked that she was even nominated, let alone won.