ALL ABOOOOAAAARD!

Too late! Hahahahahahah!

*the train pulls away as several HEers run after it, dragging their baggage*

Polly manages to snag the rail of the caboose and holds her hand out to the next person!

Compski grabs Polly's hand and then dangles her foot out for the next person.

*JP watches as compski's bag pops open*

Just give a holler if you need help. :o)

Polly braces leg around railing and fumbles for wand *Accio, comski! Accio bag! Accio other HE'ers running for the train, she yells waving her wand forwardthen has to duck as people, bags and other assorted luggage comes flying straight at her

*smiley appears out of the doors of the caboosse smiling and laughing at the running HEers*

Hi smiley! Haven't seen you for awhile!

Well, anybody that catches JP's train of thought is at risk of disappearing for a while.

I think I'll wait for the next train..

catbastet said I'm not supposed to tease MrA anymore.

What's funny is I was thinking of adopting MrA and MsDonna because they are so nice. They could be my brother and sister-in-law. Or a brother-in-law and sister. Not as a brother and sister though, because that would be a little weird since they're married.

Pros for having Donna as a sister: She nice and has my sense of humour. I could see us hanging out and chatting together like I do with my real life sister. And we could borrow clothes from each other. And I'm sure she wouldn't mind taking my youngest for the summer.

Pros for having MrA as a brother: I could go back to teasing him, because that's what sisters do to brothers. Of course, brothers can beat up their little sisters when they get teased, but I figure it would take him a while to reach me since we're on opposite sides of the world and all...

See these are the issues I deal with when the HE friends are married couples. It was much easier to adopt Kerian and suge, although I'm not sure if suge's my sister or my daughter now. And, compski is already my chat twin.

*Assumes everyone has now disappeared for a while.*

This will give me time to start adopting other HEers like foggi and bib, who only have siblings on. And to wonder how I would be related to polly and MEM. I guess it would be easiest if I make polly my sister, and that way I would be MEM's auntie...Ron will fit in on the Spanish side of my family...

*Looks up. Notices everyone confused and staring.*

Don't mind me. Carry on.

Oh hi Lefty! I almost forgot about you and Mindy! Thanks for reminding me.

*jots down notes on the HE family tree I'm building.*

In case you were wondering, this is a good example of why I'm waiting for the next train. :P~~

*makes note to send a separate train for lefty. Even though mom says we should share*

Heehee. I must say because of your hair and eye coloring I instantly thought of my mother when I met you, jp.

Choices, choices. Do I run after this train or wait for the next? ;)

I miss you guys and LT so much right now! My computer doesn't like it. I ran everything I can think of with my virus protection stuff, because the computer was just fine until my relatives came over last weekend. Will be trying to catch up for what's now nearly an entire week's worth of threads to go through.

#10: I'd love to be adopted by you as something, but both my parents are on HE and occasionally post...

I never had a sister! and MEM could use a new Auntie, Thanks JP

ETA hey sis can I borrow 50 bucks till payday? I'm a bit short

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...She says to the unemployed cartoonist. :o)

I though you adopted MrA as a brother a while back?

*goes to hunt for resurrection stone*
*decides to take a Sunday afternoon nap instead*

I think you're right Foggi. Something to do with copyrights and such, I think.

JP, really I'd be honored to be adopted just so long as I still get to keep my original family. I'll even take the same train as everyone else.

Well of course you get to keep your real family! You don't think you're all going to live here do you?

We'll be like extra cats. Suddenly there are just more of us living with you!

scratching the furniture, fighting, yowling at night, pooping everywhere... oh sorry, that's just me isn't it?

I be watchin' Harry Potter and The Goblet of Fire.

*JP pulls MrA off of her curtains.*

*dreaming* wouldn't it be nice to have a break if Mr A was scratching the furniture, fighting, yowling at night, pooping at JP's place instead of here. Or even better if JP's adoption extended to accommodation privileges...

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I've had all my flea treatments...

MsDonna, you are welcome here anytime. You can even bring MrA, as long as he's had his flea treatments and you clip his nails short.

Better yet, maybe you could have him declawed...

BTW, foggi was correct. We all adopted MrA as a brother a while back. This means I'm still allowed to tease him under the rules of the sibling convention.

Here is the Adopting MrAthread for anyone who missed it.

*Kirby appears in front of everyone. Checks to makes sure all limbs are there.*
Man, it's hard to apparate on a moving train.

Why do I always miss the trains around here?

Auntie Juggling!

*runs after the train screaming in the direction of the guards' van "Stop! Wait for meeeeeeeeeeeee" *

HEEEEE!!!!!!!! I'm back for a little while! I'm actually in History right now, but I already finished the project a week ago, so I don't feel like working some more.

Glad to see we're always as random as ever!!!!!!!1

*Clambers onto the train*

Yep, apparating onto a moving train is not easy!

*plops down in the chat room*
*realizes that everyone else has already made their ways to the sleeping cars*
*decides to go find her own bunk*

Good night, everyone!

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*pulls out markers* :o)

Oh! Oh! I forgot to mention this, and I thought it was really funny.
Yesterday we were in Barnes & Noble and I happened to notice The Harry Potter Lexicon in the children's section! (interesting, it isn't touchstoning here)

Anyway, after all the fuss and bother between Steve Vander Ark and JK Rowling, I was surprised to see it there. Then I noticed a loooooooong sentence at the bottom of the cover which was basically a disclaimer about how he was totally unauthorized and not associated with anyone or anything to do with Harry Potter. There was enough legalese on the cover to wallpaper a courtroom. LOL!

*sniff sniff* It's ok JP, I was never picked in games at school either... *sniff*

jp: I noticed it last week or 2 weeks ago when I was there. I plan on going today to pick up a few titles (because I don't have enough TBR books already *rolls eyes*).

LadyN, I guess because I already consider you a member of my extensive family! Aren't you suge's twin? You can't break up a set. You are adopted because I've already adopted suge! :o)

Speaking of family...where's espy been? Has he decided he doesn't like us anymore?

*grin* Yay!

#39 -- He's been busy with the video game site he's just started reviewing for -- and the Internet has been down at the building where he works. I think at this point he's a bit daunted at the idea of catching up on all of these threads, but I'll tell him you guys were asking about him.

If I remember correctly, he told us we needed to get to work posting because he was bored. He started a thread on it even.

;)

I was just thinking of asking Foggi where Espy had been too! Great minds, Bib... :)

Foggi, do tell him he is missed!

I will!

Hey, there are a few of us in chat right now, so come on in! Oops, that window of opportunity was very brief!

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I love the google searches that bring people to my blog! Yesterday someone searched for "cake decorating juggler"! LOL!

38- I thought I was suge's twin. Does that make LadyN, suge, and I triplets?

hahahahahaha yall im crackin up i just heard 104.1krbe's remix of the song Boom Boom Pow
the parody: KungKungPow it's the first one

sooo funny. lol

okay now we're all here...where we goin'

#47 - Yay!!

Don't you hate it when you open a thread and completely forget what it was you were going to post? I just sat starting at the gn/bn thread for several minutes, trying to remember what news I had, before deciding that it couldn't be that important if I couldn't remember it from one minute to the next!

That's why you should always start in thought derailment. It doesn't even have to be a logical thought in here. I could easily start talking about banana slippers and then shift topic to the caterpillar cocoons my youngest is raising and then back again to talk about Star Wars since there is a Jedi vs. Sith book in front of me, then completely change my mind and talk about cats and dogs.

Seasick yet?

Oh right, this is a train. Train sick yet?

#52: You had me train sick at banana slippers...kik :P

ETA:

Message edited by its author, Jun 4, 2009, 6:26pm.

lol!

Good pic of "slippers" Ron!

"ring ring ring ring ring ring ring ..."

bananaphone!

That song is going to be in my head all day now.
That and names for lefty's puppy.

Maybe she could name him Banana...

Speaking of the Snape song (apparently on a different thread ... but I swear Foggi mentioned it), I like the idea of naming Pup Snape, except that it isn't a nice-sounding name. Though I like the ideas that go with it -- loyal, loving, good-looking...

Oooh, ooooh! Name it Severus....or even better Albus Serverus!

LOL! Why didn't I think of that sooner?

Too bad I didn't choose a girl ... could have named her Renesme.

If you had gotten a girl, that's absolutely what I would have suggested!

I'm having a minor panic attack. It involves flashbacks as to why I don't do parties anymore.

How do I politely go from "I'll see if I can do your party" to "No! No! Leave me alone and never contact me again!" Because just reading this woman's emails are freaking me out that this would be a big mistake.

Oh dear! Just say you are booked for that day,jp

Yes, that's what my husband said when he read her emails.

Now to teach myself to say no to someone... :o)

You can do it, JP! I managed to say no to someone today. I was very proud of myself. I'm altering a wedding dress for someone I know and she asked if I would make a blusher for her too (the veil that goes in front, over your face). Tulle is such a pain to work with though and I'm really feeling my lack of free time lately so that was about the last thing I wanted to do. So I was able to say no! :)

I think part of my problem is that I want to be able to do everything. I almost said yes just to prove I could make it. Yes, I have a problem.

64- Dad also said that we should tell her that we're moving out of state and entering the Witness Protection Program.
*shudder* I read the e-mails. The woman is crazy.

I'll tell her no. I just need a day or so to muster up my courage.

Maybe I could just tell her I charge $1000 an hour.

What scared me the most is in the middle of going off on random topics she tells me "I think balloons might be cool with juggling; as long as you try to play with the kids and teach them." Excuse me? I entertain at parties, I don't teach workshops at parties. Especially an outdoor party of 5 year olds. There's this thing at parties. It's called a "sugar high."

Tell her you need to see details of her insurance coverage before you get your lawyer to contact her lawyer as you generally need to ensure that people have at least 10million coverage in case of a stray baton...

I'm composing a letter now.
Gosh it's hard to say no.

I need coffee.

suggest she find a pony for her party instead!

:o)

My sister-in-law did that once. I'll never forget chopping vegetables in her kitchen as she tried to coax my nephew out of his room. Some day I'm going to write a book.

Saying no is hard. Good luck, jp! Be strong.

I have to tell someone no, too. For the last two days I've been trying to use bib's recipe for apple cheddar soup, and I just know my sister coming home tonight will want mac and cheese. No!

JP, Cat, K, Suge, Mandy, and Bib! Happy one year and one day anniversary of all of us meeting each other! That was such a great time! Remember the unplottable castle?



Remembering it all makes me excited to meet more LTers for the movie!

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YAY! What a great day! I can't believe it's been a year!

Pretty!

So I'm trying to do my report and presentation for later this week. I haven't gotten very far. Spent a lot of yesterday and this morning cleaning my room, going through stuff, and getting rid of stuff. I even went through my book shelves (since they were overflowing onto everything else). Packed up books I don't plan to reread any time soon, and wow do I have lots more room. Now my shelves are doubled (books in front of other books), but at least they're a little more organized.

Foggi says that you all think I don't love you anymore. I'm here to assure you that that is not the case. I've just been really busy lately and on top of all that I didn't have stable Internet access at work (it's a long story that is actually boring and quite depressing when it all comes down to it. I will not go on). Thankfully my Internet access at work has been restored, but now my laptop's cord has developed a disturbing quirk, namely it refuses to charge my laptop.

It seems like lately every time I turn around there's another problem or concern around the corner, but I promise that I haven't forgotten all you wonderful HEers, and I hope to one day be able to completely return to the party. I'll try to bring some Ale-8-One, which is wonderful even though it's non-alcoholic.

I'm also going to try and at least keep up with the game threads when I can, though I think I almost had a heart-attack when I saw the number of unread threads... this is what happens when I challenge you all to write stuff and then wander away like a troll who has just been placed under a memory charm. That said, I'm probably going to disappear into the mists of the "Interwebs" in the future. Some day soon, though, I hope to once again be on that marvelous train known as the Hogwarts Express. Thanks for being here and for laughing at my jokes, poor though they may be, and for listening. I'll definitely let all of you know when I'm back for good.

Espy

#76: Dude! You have been missed! Hope to see you around more often soon!

Good to hear from you Espy! You've been missed. We thought that MrA had had Ron kill you so that Ron could become the new Sith apprentice. :o)

#78: Mwahahahahahahahaha! Heyyy I don't take orders from MrA...:P

MrA has been around for so long, I was sure he was the Sith Lord. Stand side by side and let me see who looks more evil.

*adopts most evillest expression*

MWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

*strokes cat*

Ron doesn't stand a chance. I already have The Goatee Of Supreme Evil.

>#76: Foggi says that you all think I don't love you anymore.

Technically, what Foggi said was "you smell".

#81 - How does cat feel about that?? Leave her alone MrA... Tsk!

#81: Oh yeah? If I don't stand a chance then you're a towel :P

this is what happens when I challenge you all to write stuff and then wander away like a troll who has just been placed under a memory charm

That is perhaps the best simile I have ever read....ever!

Carry on with the Sith battle.

73- Wow, it looks like a fairy-tale castle in that picture!

*slaps at MrA's hand*
Stop patting my head, I'm getting hair in my eyes!

#84 re: #76 I thought the same exact thing.

#85 Cat, KIK!

Espy! So good to hear from you! You know, I hadn't even considered the fact that you have access to Ale-8! You really should bring some to the HBP party! We can pretend it's butterbeer.

#86 -- Absolutely! Remind one of us closer to time.

It has been a very exciting day for my dog Gregor. Besides the usual postman to bark at, there has been the UPS guy and both meter checkers! Now there is a guy here checking the hot water heater! I am lucky he is around to protect everything! School being out and me being home always does mess up his nap schedule this time of year, poor boy!

I'm trying to decide what sort of chocolaty yumminess I want to make for my birthday. I don't want just plain cake. What I think I want is Rocky Road Fudge Bars,

but that would require a shopping trip and a multi-step process for cooking them (it's one of my more time-consuming recipes).
Hmmmm. . . .

make espy do it!....mmmmmm..those do look good

#73 compski:
That is a gorgeous picture! I've been thinking about my plan trip, meeting jp and her kids at the Bronx Zoo, and meeting everyone outside Central Park as the one year mark passed by this year. Such good times!

#75 kirby:
My only books that aren't kept in my room are the ones I don't plan to reread anytime soonish as well.

#76 Espy!
Long time no see. We've missed you and really look forward to when you will return!

#86-87:
Do that and I'll just have to print butterbeer labels off the internet to slap onto soda glasses. :P

Oh, seeing HBP with LTers will be so much fun! I try to not think about it in order to not go crazy with the wait.

Just saw a clip on the news that there will be a report about Robert Pattinson. Something about him almost getting run over by a NY taxi and a gang of crazed fans. Hmmm....

Maybe I should call suge and see what she's been up to...

Update: He was by the Strand bookstore (a place suge knows and loves) when a gang of crazed teenage girl fans came running after him and his five (yes FIVE) bodyguards. He ran across the street and a taxicab came and clipped him on the leg. He's fine and his fans now have proof that he is a sparkly vampire. :o)

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That's kind of funny since I'm paused mid movie on my "Twilight" dvd right now! Poor Pattinson. On the other hand, poor Strand bookstore. Had an actor who looked more like the Edward suge envisioned been hired to play Edward's role I'm sure the bookstore would have seen a huge pick up in sales from her hanging out there more often. Not that she didn't frequently visit them before. That is one very cool bookstore. LG's local used bookstore has more than one floor, too. I'm completely jealous.

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#93 -- I know what you mean! We have one small, overpriced used bookstore that I never go to, so I always stock up at Half-Price Books when I'm traveling near one . . . but even that's no match for a really cool used bookstore. *sigh* Small towns.

Hey, my small town has three used bookstores on one street. All pretty decent in size. Suge saw them, although they were closed by the time we made it into town. However, anyone else comes to visit...

#94 foggi:
Our local Half-Priced Books isn't a match for a really cool used bookstore, either. I would die for any bookstore to be in my city, of course - we have none. Something that used to kind of make up for these things was when there was a HPB, Borders, and B&N along a street in a city I used to take bus trips to just to go to the bookstores. I went there once a week. HPB moved to a different area, though, and going without having a used bookstore in the bunch isn't half as fun.

#95 bib:
You definitely have some cool used bookstores. I'm impressed with their book-buy-backs and birthday books. It sounds awesome.

A used bookstore.....hmmmmmm....maybe I could open a used bookstore! But that would mean selling books...none of which I would want to part with.....maybe not such a good idea

#96: That one's actually not even one of the three I was talking about, it's in the next town over, a whole 10 minutes away. It's one of two bookstores in that town.

So, I follow a bunch of the HP cast on Twitter. Tom Felton got his hair bleached today and apparently filming on DH starts this week.

:D

How exciting! Thanks for sharing, Bib!

I think it's been going a little while - maybe it's his bits that are starting. There was definitely a short piece on tv while suge was over about filming on location for Shell Cottage. It looks verrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrry cool.

I saw a commercial for HBP last night on TV!

#101: Very possible. He's having to be bleached again today because it wasn't white enough the first time. He's being pretty whiny about it, but bleach hurts, so I can't really blame him for that. The Phelps and Matthew Lewis aren't filming at the moment, so perhaps they are doing stuff at Malfoy Manor, though Emma hasn't said anything about it....

(No Dan or Rupert, I want Rupert to Tweet!)

If bleaching hurts, you'd think they could just let him wear a wig or something. Poor kid guy. (I still think of them all from the SS days.)

I think of them all as kids still, too.

My kid sister bleached her hair a week-in-a-half ago so she could dye her naturally dark hair a light brown. She didn't rinse it out well enough so part of her hair looks grey, even after dying it. ;)

Tim and Sonya from LT are going to be at the ALA conference in Chicago. I wonder if anyone is going from HE to tell them hello and thanks for us? hmmm

Stephen Fry is filming Top Gear today. I love Twitter.

#106: Hmmmm. . . .

Oh sure! I'll just hop on my broom and fly up there, Okay?

#107 - Ooh! Two of my favourite things! Stephen Fry and Top Gear!!!

#110: I know! He won't tell his laptime, but he did say he almost totalled the Reasonably Priced Car and they had to go to the back up. *sigh* You'll get to see it well before we do here, I think.

I'll be sure to keep an eye out! Have you seen the episode they sceened here on Sunday yet, when they supposedly revealed The Stig? I'm not sure I believe it...

No, we're currently getting reruns from series 10. Monday night's episode was the muscle cars on the Bonneville Flats. You know, when they came to America and were "not entertaining" but "purely documentary". ;)

Ha ha ha ha ha!! I love them :-) Sunday was the first in the new series here, and well up to standard. Apart from revealing who the Stig is. I really don't believe them. As you may have already gathered!

Excellent! I imagine we'll start getting those episodes around September...

That's the problem with BBC America, it takes so long to get the new stuff, but then I know you guys are just as far behind on American shows, so I guess it all evens out in the end. :)

ETA: Just checked the special "American" Top Gear website and we're definitely getting reruns through at least mid-July.

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RE #106:
Wondering as well. :)

I googled The Stig last week and found out that if the race car driver who is the stig is found out or admits it, he has to leave, it is in his contract. So there was speculation as to what color the new one wear since the first wore black.

#106, 116: Hypothetically speaking, if someone happened to be attending said conference, what would the rest of HE like that person to tell Tim and Sonya?

That we love them for leading us all to each other!

Yes! A big hello from the group, that we love them, and to thank them very much! I don't know about the rest of you, but my life would have been pretty cruddy without you guys and LT. Love you guys!

8) I wonder what brought about the actual 'LibraryThing' idea. Was it need for a good online library tool or more of a "hey wouldn't it be cool if..." kind of thing.

It would be a good story to hear. :)

I'm around and in chat for a bit if anyone is bored.

Hey all you Easterners! It looks like I'll be in NYC and the surrounding area in August. Since there are several of you over there, I'm going to ask that interested parties send me a message and I'll get back to you with details so we can perhaps do some meet ups!

stop in columbus on your way! hehe

Well if you end up being on the way..

Yay, lefty!

:P Lefty.

I'm excited for you guys. :)

Um. Can you remind me when it's closer to August? I can't plan too far in advance. Not enough brain cells.

Does anyone read the comic strip Zits? It's about a teenage boy (I imagine it's Calvin from Calvin and Hobbes in his later years). Anyway, I'm really starting to identify with that strip. I found out today that my cousin had her baby. Last Saturday. My mother told my son over the phone on Sunday. At midnight that night, he told me she called. He didn't mention about the baby. When I asked if grandma had told him about my cousin's baby, he said yes. I guess babies aren't that important to 13 y.o. boys. *facepalm*

Oh I love ZITS!

I love it, too. I was just telling my brother Sunday about this strip that was exactly him as a teenager

#129 -- Oh my goodness, JP! That is exactly what Espy was like as a teenager. Sample conversation:
Foggi: Espy, do you know where Mom went?
Espy: I dunno.
Foggi: Did she say when she would be back?
Espy: Nope.
*** Later ***
Mom: I'm home!
Foggi: Where were you?
Mom: I went to the store to get milk and eggs . . . didn't Espy tell you? I told him to tell you I'd be back before 4:00.

Teenage boy brain. *shakes head*

And Zits did an homage to Calvin and Hobbs in one of their earlier strips -- wish I could find the strip! I agree that Jeremy is like a teenage Calvin!

My family's very fond of that comic strip. They're always saying Jeremy is just like one of my sisters. In fact, the one compski posted sounds just like a conversation I regularly have with my youngest sister.

Hey, I'm in chat if anybody has a few minutes to spare!

Do you think it's a second child thing, foggi? You're older, right? Did Espy mumble too? I swear I think I'm going deaf sometimes when I talk to him.

Now I'm going to have to find that homage...*cracks knuckles*

Yes, JP, I'll remind you in a few weeks.

Foggi, I missed you. Though I guess you were in chat an hour ago. I can't expect you to hang around all day!

I got an email from a friend who watches Pepper sometimes when we're out of town, inviting the hubby and me to fireworks on the 4th. So this started a chain of little chit chat emails between the 2 of us that ended with this LOL statement. (Pascal in their dog, FYI)

"You know we found bones all over the house hidden in strange places the whole week after Pepper left. Pascal just kept bringing us stuff and we were like, where DID you get this and WHEN was Pepper upstairs behind the bookshelves!"

That's my girl. :) Just wanted to share.

Last night I watched Inkheart. I had very low expectations and was pleasantly surprised. I haven't read the book in a while (I am planning a reread now that I have seen it), but they seem to stick to the general gist of it. Great cast including Brenden Fraser, Andy Serkis, Paul Bettany, Helen Mirrem, and our own Professor Slughorn (aka Bridget's dad) Jim Broadbent. The only thing that bugged me was the girl was raised by her American father, but had an English accent.

#137: She's so weird.

Help me! My newly teenage son has lost the ability to converse!

He helped out at the Nature Center today. I came to pick him up. This was the conversation:

Son: Why were you so late? (this was his second longest sentence)
Me: I'm sorry, yoga ran late...why do you smell like flowers?
Son: I don't know. I was working in dirt. (yes, that's the longest)
Me: Are you OK?
Son: Yes.
Me: Are you sure?
Son: Yes.
Me: Were the other kids nice?
Son: Yes.
Me: (trying desperately here) Were they all girls?
Son: Yes.
Me: Were they all older than you?
Son: Yes.

At this point I gave up and turned on the radio...

#137 I think I am worried about Pepper in August!!

>#140: An entire, distinct "Yes"? That's pretty good. Obviously, he has not yet progressed to the "grunt" stage, let alone the "shrug" stage. You have a lot to look forward to.

#142: We already have the grunt and shrug, as well as the mumble. :o)

I've decided to use this time to hone my deductive reasoning skills. For example, I figured out he was smelling like flowers because of a natural insect repellent.

Me: Did Scott have you put on bug spray?
Son: Yes.

141: teehee :)

So, the twins are getting ready to start filming too, so Malfoy is filming and the Weasley twins are filming..which would seem Battle of Hogwarts-y, yet Neville hasn't mentioned anything...

Last night we had a bag of dark chocolate buttons in the house (the large ones), so I did an impersonation of the Other Father from Coraline. I didn't factor in the low melting point of chocolate, so it was followed immediately with an inadvertent impersonation of a panda. Photos were taken.

Mr. Andrew, Ms. Donna wants a Panda-Dog, not a Panda-Man!

(can't wait to see the pictures!)

LOL

What did I do before the days of Twitter? How did I live without knowing when Stephen Fry needed a wee? Or that the Phelps twins are stuck in traffic?

I'll be in Aberdeen, WA July 20-26. Who's up in WA? Isn't it Rissa?

Look! Look! Today is my 2 year Thingaversary!

CONGRATS!!!

Happy Thingaversary, Kirby!

I think you're right that Rissa is in WA.

Happy Thingaversary, Kirby!

Nifty new ER tracking thingy on the blog. That'll be helpful!

*Sings*Happy Thingaversary!Happy Thingaversary! Happy thingaversary! HAAAAAppy Thingaversary!

hmmm... did you know that you can change your username? I just noticed the option when changing my profile... interesting.

Today's date...

Why was 6 afraid of 7?

because 7/8/09

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

lol pretty good!

158:It's funnier when Holly says it.

:)

Jamie Waylett, AKA Vincent Crabbe, was arrested for marijuana possession!

That was a while back, wasn't it?

ETA: Okay, I found the article:
http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/b133119_...

They found the marijuana earlier this year, but apparently it's working its way through the legal process now.

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I only just saw it on the news tonight. They said he could get 10-14 years.

Slithering, what do you expect.

I meant to post about that yesterday, but didn't have time. Yep, sentencing this week I think. Oops!

Wonder if he's finished with his part in DH, he's the one *SPOILER ALERT* who bites it remember.

I just finished watching 3:10 to Yuma. The older kid in it is going to play Percy Jackson in The Lightning Thief and I think he will be great. Maybe a little old, but great!

****Spoiler Alert for 3:10 to Yuma and Serenity***** I am not sure I can keep watching Alan Tudyk die! It is always so hard! At least Pastor Veal didn't die in Arrested Development ****/spoilers****

Hi, all! Just dropping by from a busy computer station at my conference, so can't do any catching up (maybe later) -- I wanted to say hi, though, because you know how I go into LT withdrawal if I don't check in! ;-) Saw Sonya and Tim and conveyed your regards. I'll be back Wednesday, and will probably find a way to check in once or twice between now and then.

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Glad to hear you're having a good time, Foggi!

Did I derail the train of thought?

Is it just me, or have we been kinda quiet lately? Where is everybody? Do we need a new game? A new adventure? A thread where people check in and say why they've been too busy to post? What gives?

No, no, not you. I myself have been lost in thought. Thankfully, I am now out of my mind. I won't go back in there without a good map.

If anyone has an idea for a new game or something go for it. I've been bored for days (except of course for sweet little Theo! The GD has a game going where they post books by author's names alphabetically, which of course takes some thought. We could play guess hangman only I don't know how to make a hangman on here, but you know make spaces and everyone guesses a letter until someone gets the word. I'll go and start a new thread on that, shall I?

Good idea, Polly!

thx!

It is quiet. Sadly, unless Donna buys me a time turner on ebay, i won't be able to do much posting for a while. You guys need to pick up the slack!

Did everyone notice the new design for the top of the page? I'm not sure that I like it. It's much less obvious when you have a comment.

I was just thinking that, bib. I barely noticed that I had a comment. I miss the very obvious yellow sign "SOMEBODY LOVES YOU"

I noticed the new design . . . apparently they decided that we're no longer in 'beta" . . . or did that happen a while ago? But I haven't gotten a comment yet, so I haven't seen what they did to the comment notification.

No, it was all normal and "beta-y" yesterday. At least it was when Mandy and I were messaging each other yesterday morning...

177: Poor MrA. It isn't the same without you and Donna and LadyN raising havoc in the middle of the night. :o(

Yeah, I haven't been as chatty lately. I just read the threads when I have time and post every once in a while. I'm hoping to get caught up tonight now that I've figured out the hotel's Wi-Fi system.

I feel I should point out that it's Dan's 20th today.

My boss's wife is preggers...that makes 4 kids.

Do you think anybody would notice if I crawled under my desk and went to sleep?

Maybe not, foggi, but make sure you set an alarm clock for when it is time to go home :)

*sigh* It's been much too busy for a nap, alas. But I get to leave in 45 minutes!

#187: That reminded me of the episode from Seinfield where George slept under his desk, LOL

http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,...

what?

#190 -- I dunno, but it appears that Kristen has been getting hair style tips from Helena Bonham Carter.

Dudes, I should read this thread more often. I was scooped about 4 times on stuff I posted elsewhere.

Duh.

All the tweets are fun, but I don't think I could stand it. facebook is bad enough. I'll just let bib keep us informed as to Stephen Fry's toilet habits.

The Phelps brothers are twitting about "Ginger Time" I wonder what scene they are filming?

I refuse to think about the Weasley twins in connection with DH. Too painful.

They were talking about getting their hair died for the movie. In reality they're brunettes.

I've been going through the OotP discussion threads because I was trying to see what Bib hates so much about the movie without asking her and getting her all worked up about it and I thought it funny how careful everyone was about staying on-topic (long, imperfectly constructed sentence but I can't think of a better way to say that). There were actually apologies for getting things off-track! Apparently we've now decided that derailed trains are either the way to go or impossible to avoid.

Bib, I'm getting the idea now of what you have against the movie. Have you bought it yet? Since OotP is both of our favorite book, I was wondering what we saw differently in the movie that let me like it. I'm not through all the OotP discussions yet. We can go through specifics when I'm done. :)

I have the movie, if I remember correctly I picked it up at Blockbuster using one of their 4/$20 sales. I think I've watched it twice since I got it (both for movie watches) and still disliked it both times. I'd be happy to compare with you once you've gotten through all the threads. :)

*goes off to read OotP threads to see how she trashed the book and said nice things about the movie*

Happy Birthday, Harry!

And Happy belated Birthday, Neville!

Happy Birthday, JKR!

Thanks for the reminder, Mandy . . . I think we should have a party thread!

I love it when you post a book you didn't like at all on a book swap site and someone else has a wishlist hold on it. :)

Changed my profile picture to one from the wedding. I loved the dress!

Great dress! I love that style. I've been considering making myself something sort of similar actually.

Thanks lefty. I have to say it was one of the least annoying bridemaids dresses I have seen.

I am giving up on book challenges. It seems to be taking the fun out of reading for me... I feel like I am rushing through my books so I can meet the goal.

Why do I agree to do things months in advance? I don't know how busy I'll be until a week before.

Must. Stop. Saying. Yes.

Now JP , I believe we have covered this before. haven't we? just answer yes or no

Yes.
I mean NO!
I mean...what was the question?

JP I have the same problem I can't say no to people either. What gets me is my husband knows this and yet he still tells the telemarketers.."here talk to my wife" then gets annoyed when they talk me into a magazine subscription or whatever else they are peddling! You'd think he'd learn his lesson after 12 years!

*Snort* If I get caught by a telemarketer (I screen my calls with caller ID) I usually tell them I can't make any decisions without my husband, so they should call back when he's home. He used to work in customer service for a cruise line, so he's much better at saying no. :o)

I just say No Thank You and hang up

You are a stronger woman than I am, polly! I still suffer from spending my childhood trying not to disappoint anyone. :o)

I have mislaid my hairbrush. I'm pretty sure I had it here (didn't lose it in the airport or leave it at home) but I can't figure out where I have put it. I've been through my luggage, looked under the bed, on all of the furniture in the bedroom and the bathroom countertops, scanned the rest of the apartment . . .

I think I must have eaten it.

I hate when that happens!

Only way to find it is to go buy another, then you will find the first upon returning home.

212- Oh, I hate it when I lose my hairbrush. I end up wandering around the house, looking everywhere, and then I usually find it underneath something, or behind something, or right in view where everyone can see it, and then I feel silly.

214-Yes, that is the quickest way, I've found. ;)

"Oh where is my hairbrush?
Oh where is my hairbrush?
Oh where, oh where, oh where, oh where
Oh where....is my hairbrush?"

*Sigh...I love VeggiTales*

LOL! I was humming that song too, kirby!

#216 -- Yes, Mom was singing that to me this morning. Still no sign of it.

Well, did you check to see if anyone loaned it to the peach?

Maybe it was sucked into The Book of Lost Things, ask Ron if he saw it there.

3 216 Haha, I love Veggietales too!

So I'm outside sawing the last pieces of wood for my bookcase/windowseat project and the mailman goes by. (He's the world's greatest mailman, btw, we all love him) He asks what I'm building and I explain.

Mailman: Without any help?
me: Sure! (I couldn't hear well and thought he said "Want any help")

Mailman: You must have a lot of books!
me: Yes. It happens when you homeschool!

Mailman: You know, I just got a Kindle.

I later realized he was suggesting this as a storage solution. I laugh, because I can't imagine the Kindle replacing my books, just adding more unread virtual books to the pile. :o)

lol, JP! What a great mailman. Too bad he wasn't really offering to help. I'm with you on the Kindle though.

Mom found my hairbrush yesterday morning when she got back from dropping me off at the airport.

Went off on its own, eh? Did it enjoy Russia without you? :o)

Mom says I need to come back and get it.

well just explain to the airline that you forgot something and matbe they'll let you hitch a ride (hehehe)

"Oh where is my hairbrush?
Oh it's home without me.
Oh why, oh why, oh why, oh why
Oh why did it not want to come with me?"

Sung to the tune of "Oh where is my hairbrush"...You have to sing the last line really fast.

I'm back. DUM DUM DUMMMMM

Did you have a fabulous time?

#229: Welcome back, Mandy!! Did you get to stalk say hi to Jo from all of us? and please post pictures on the flickr account!!

hello!hello! pics!

I had a FANTABULOUS time! I'll post pictures as soon as I can.

I saw the pictures and they are great.

I added a picture to the flickr account. It's one you havn't seen mom since my cousin-in-law took it with her camera.

So, Sunday night/Monday morning I dreamed about Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, I haven't actually read it yet, so my brain made up some stuff. Then yesterday I won that ARC of Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters which I picked up last night. Last night I again dreamed about P&P&Z with Marianne Dashwood hanging around as well. I'm taking this as a hint that these should be my next reads.

Maybe. I'm reading P&P&Z right now. I'm surprisingly enjoying it.

Sen. Kennedy passing hit me way harder than I ever thought possible. It somehow feels like the end of something...

Bib~ I feel the same way, Even tho I'm not of his political party and always felt he got away scot free for an action than any one else would have been put in prison for in 69, I must admit he was a great man who did much good for america. prehaps he has atoned

The latest tropical storm to give us problems is Danny. Every time someone says the name, I start hearing Danny Boy (as sung by Muppets) in my head.

Why don't they give tropical storms Muppet names?

....."weatther reporter's voice"...and now the reports are that hurricane Miss Piggy has developed into a category 27......

*waves hands wildly* And now, here's hurricane Kermit! aaaaaaaaaaa!

"Tropical cyclone Waldorf has now joined with the Stadler system, and is threatening the coast of Ecuador with sarcastic remarks..."

I'd love to have a Hurricane Sweetums!

I Appreciate The Muppets On A Much Deeper Level Than You
(T-shirt from the Onion Store)

I have been painting my laundry room for several months now. Actually, what happened was that I started the project in the spring, and did the difficult part: I moved the washer and dryer and refrigerator and painted behind them. There, I thought, now painting the rest of the room will be a piece of cake!

On that point, I was wrong.

I spent the rest of the summer being either too busy or too tired to tackle the rest of the project, but I decided that this weekend was the time to finish it. I actually think I'm almost done at this point -- I'm taking a break to let the second coat dry before I decide whether I need to go back to the store and get more paint, or whether that's enough. I also have one high corner above a cabinet that I will have to be creative about, unless I can get Espy to paint it for me this evening. Espy is not thrilled about my color choice:

but I like it.

I like it foggi. Yellow is a hard color to pick out.

I think I liked it for the name mostly -- it's called "soft duckling" -- but it also matches the bits of yellow in my kitchen wallpaper, and since the laundry room is right off the kitchen, it's important that the colors work together.

I like it too! very bright and cheery

It's a lovely choice Foggi.

i wonder what it's made from... AAAAAAH! OH NOES!

LOL! This is why the yellow I used in my hall is called "nacho cheese"!

The NY Blood Center has started a new campaign to get blood out of me. I'm trying to figure out how getting a flu vaccine would make me want to give blood.

Oh hey, wow! Take my blood, and then poke me with another needle! What a great idea!

I'm wondering what the Red Cross will give me as a counter offer? (Did I mention that I inadvertently gave blood to them once, so now I have two different blood drives coming after me?)

It's a sad day when the derailed train of thought thread slips down the list.

Apropos of nothing then, i'll mention here that i have been playing with my tags, and i'm quite pleased with the results. I think it makes my tag cloud much more interesting. Feel free to take a gander.

http://www.librarything.com/tagcloud/MrA...

That was funny. Thanks MrA!

#254 - Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!!!!! Oh MrA..... That's all.

very interesting!

I have to admit, I was kind of hoping testicle tissues was one tag and not two. Oh well, I suppose I'll have to write that book.

I had a weird dream (what else is new?) and decided to use it as an excuse to pull this thread back up.

In my dream, catbastet had gotten married. I knew she was married even though I hadn't been to the wedding. In fact, I was looking forward to meeting her new father-in-law, Bob Marley, because she had married his youngest son, Murky. For some reason, she and Murky hadn't started living together yet.

How dare you not invite your own mother to your wedding!! ;) ;)

On a lighter more fantastic note.

http://gizmodo.com/5361303/galactic-trut...

ROFL! My son has that lightsaber. Maybe they could practice together!

I don't know... aren't politicians all supposed to be Sith?

No. Politicians are just an entire separate species. Like fungi and used car salesmen.
*JP steels herself for backlash from the fungi...Oh, and the politicians and used car salesmen, too.*

259 & 260- KIK! Again, I'm so very sorry for not inviting you. I shall have to have a talk with Murky about it. ;)

262 to 263- LOL!

HE has 1333 members.

Does anyone else have an overwhelming to report posts today? I think I'm going to go and look for spam.

Yar! Twould be a fine pursuit me hearty!

Flog every man-jack of 'em, ye scurvy dog!

Looky here! I be hoistin a signal! Arrr!

Aye, me can see the number o' reports goin' up o'er the next 24 hours. Ye'll ne'er get me buried booty!

Aye! tey'll curse the day they spammed the fine ship HE!

Glad I'm not the only one!

# Hogwarts Express (1,059 messages)
# The Green Dragon (1,059 messages)

freaky.

I saw that! The perfect balance.

273: Oh, that's lovely!

273: At last, there is balance in the force. Yin and Yang. Yes and no. Right and wrong.

oops its gone:(

It never lasts for long.

...here and gone...

Laurel and Hardy. Tom and Jerry.

chip and dale

wow guys its been forever since i been on here....haha :)

It has! What's up?

School :( blech and im sick. aint that great?

Has anyone else heard about the new Winnie-the-Pooh book?

No, what about it?

*waits for punch-line*

This is incredible footage of a dog saving another dog.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgjyhKN_3...

Wow, thats heartbreaking! I hope the injured dog recovers! What an act of bravery!

Hi you guys, I wanted to let you know that if you get the chance of watching the moon tonight, do it. According to chinese tradition tonight's moon will be the brightest and fullest of the year...such a shame it is raining here :S

It's the Harvest Moon, isn't it? Or was that last months? Last year, during the windstorm, we lost power for a week and it was the Harvest Moon. It was so bright outside that it almost did look like a sort of daylight. Rob and I sat out all night in it. Super Cool. Something we probably wouldn't have appreciated nearly as much if we had had power.

*singing* Shine on, Shine on Harvest moon, up in the sky!....

What's with Blogger today? I can't get on it at all.
Anyone else with Blogger who knows what's going on?

ETA: Never mind, it's fixed now. I wonder where everyone is today? It's like it's Monday or something...

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I'm in a foul mood today for no good reason. I think I'll have to set my status to in a meeting for the rest of the day in case some poor soul attempts to speak to me.

How do we live without book trailers? I'd never seen one before and have only watched twelve seconds of one (it's all my computer will load so far) but I'm laughing so much from it. The intro has a sort of catch to it. :)

This is for Melissa de la Cruz's fourth book in her Blueblood vampire series.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQa4oftyL...

290- Yeah, it was Harvest moon. It looked lovely and bright. Which is very helpful when you're trying to catch a wayward cat at night.

Unless the sky is covered with dark clouds. Then you just can't see a thing.

294 K: I can't watch it from here, but am intrigued. I'll watch it when I get home.

I saw it for a few minutes the other night.

I just heard about this: a wand tv remote. I want one.
http://thewandcompany.com/index.html

Who wouldn't?

That's awesome.

my son would lose it just like the regular remotes :)

accio remote!

but You need a wand tp perform the accio charm

I always wondered about that. Didn't Harry do accio when he dropped his wand in book 5 when he and Dudley were attacked by dementors, or was it lumos?

it was lumos

The head of the UK military is Sir Jock Stirrup.

*snort*

falalaa..

If I had half a mind I would have gone to bed an hour ago. I blame the kids. They kept me up looking for Beatles and Queen lyrics.

I love my kids.

They are the champions.

What a great way to Come Together

Under pressure?

I Feel Fine

Here comes the sun, little darling!

A Bohemian Rhapsody!

A Kind of Magic- really!

Who Wants to Live Forever?

All God's People? Or possibly Fat Bottom Girls? hehehehe

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Do You Want to Know a Secret?

#318: You will rock us?

LOL!

I guess it was a Hard Day's Night. I'm Going Slightly Mad.

Mad? Are You in Love With Your Car?

Baby, You Can Drive My Car

LOL!!

Tie your mother down!

Get Back!

Help!

yesterday

I get by with a little help from my friends.

Yes. I try with a little help from my friends and family.
I Want It All.

I Me Mine

Within You, Without You?

Dear Prudence!

Hey Jude

twist and shout

Helter Skelter

Eleanor Rigby

Why Don't We Do It in the Road?

One Year of Love? These are the days of our lives.

It's a Miracle

Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds?

Hello Goodbye!

This is great! Like our own private game in the derailed thoughts thread!

OK, Show Must Go On...

Keep yourself alive.

(I've always wanted a song titles game thread, but I'm scared that it'll end up as the "Guess what artist this is" kind of thread that gets daunting really fast.)

Love will keep us alive!

We'll just keep this to ourselves then. :o)

Do You Want to Know a Secret?

Who wrote the book of love?

Peggy Sue

Lyda Rose

Moving on Up newest thread for those of us not continuing the game

kirby! How could you! This was the most fun I've been having in a while!
*sob*

OK, game players, shall I start a super secret, hush hush, no mention of the word game, you gotta be in it to understand it thread for our song title game? We can expand it to include song titles from other groups or change it on a whim. Or I can simply drop this idea if you've gotten bored with it.

Huh? Huh? What do you want me to do?

I like that idea! An undercover game thread! And yes, do expand it to song titles from any group -- I think I was inadvertently throwing in some diversity there at the end anyways (considering that I'm really bad at knowing who sang what).

Well, I didn't necessarily stop the game. You did JP!

Touche, kirby, touche! (is there any way to get a stress mark when you need it?)

I'll put it up soon, I'm just sending a note to someone who asked about our group...

Here's the link. http://www.librarything.com/topic/75896

The Super Secret Society of Song Speakers is now open. Any song title works, as long as it's a song title. Those of you who love musicals more than pop music, don't be shy. Lets see if we can converse in song titles!

That's hard to say: Super Secret Society of Song Speakers. Say it 5 times fast. Come on. You can do it. Now try saying it while holding your tongue.

Thupa Thekeh Thoth-ih-ee ob Thon Thheethethhh...

Now try saying it while holding someone else's tongue...

Oh catbastet.... *looks around in time to see Cat running away*

MERRY EARLY CHRISTMAHANAKWANZIKA!

Posting this here for Lefty. I originally wrote it on my Facebook page:

Vampires have fangs, prowl at night, and like to sleep in a box. Cats have fangs, prowl at night, and like to sleep in a box. Ergo, vampires are cats.

Yay! Thanks, JP!

Do you know how hard it is not to buy the HBP DVD?

How hard is it?

I've been playing with Cleverbot. It's an AI. I was "singing" Bohemian Rhapsody with it. I said Inconceivable and it quoted Inigo's line. It knows that nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition...

Way too addictive! Here's the link: http://www.cleverbot.com/

I'm getting the HBP dvd tomorrow.

JP, that site is so weird!

#363: Really hard!!!

Husband bought it for me!!!! :D He said I needed a present since I've had to work too much lately. He's the best!!!

Reading somewhere in the GD and found a mention of the liquid bookmark. Decided to look it up in google (where else?) and found this:
http://www.thinkgeek.com/homeoffice/supp...

I especially love the description at the bottom that says:
Perfect gift for that girl you know who is obsessed with that series of books about vampires
Yes, we know what series of books they are talking about.

Those Lestat books?

#368 - *schnarf!*

OMG! that cleverbot site is freaky!

I am going to wait and see if anyone buys it for me for Christmas if not I'll buy it then.

So, Finn has this obsession with me going out the front door. He can't stand it if I go out it without him. Any other door and he's fine, but the front door he will start whining or barking. He will also look out the little window beside the door. Last night I was getting our small tree out of the storage building. When I was almost to the step the door opens and out comes Finn to greet me. No one else was around the door to open it for him. He pulled the handle right when the wind blew. Silly puppy.

Finn, the Wonderdog!! Make him a cape! Wait....no cape!

A mask! Definitely a mask!

He'd wear a mask, but probably not a cape.

All the better. Capes are dangerous.

So if 5pm "Eastern" is 2pm "Pacific", then why would the 4pm timezone be called "Central"? Surely 3:30pm would be more central. A 4pm zone should be called "Slightly East of Central".

RE #371:

How cute. When my mom was growing up there was a dog down the street who could open the front door. He'd go out while his owner was working and return back in the house by the time the man got home. His neighbors swore for years that this was happening before the man caught his dog in the act. They got a chain link fence around their house, and that was the end of that.

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#376 MrA:
Ah, I don't know, MrA. I don't try to understand time. I may have gotten that off. You have good reasoning, though! I like it.

Isn't there also mountain? I never understood where mountain is.

It must be very tiring being time. It's a 24 hour day.

Yes there's mountain. Interestingly enough it's in the mountains (Rockies).

lol. And you have to know when to speed up or slow down, depending on what speed you are travelling, the effects of gravity, and whether a meeting is really boring.

"Mountain time" is really weird. It seems wrong to say something like "It's 11:23am mountain time". Don't mountain folk tell the time by the height of the sun, or the moss of trees, or something? Do they even have watches?

"What time is it, Grizzly?"
"Ah reckons it's time to eat us some possum, Zeke".

Don't even get me started on "Pacific time". Do you know how many timezones the Pacific covers? I'm on the Pacific, for heaven's sake.

/rant.

You're thinking of the Appalachian mountains. The Rockies are more like "Let's hit the slopes and then go check out a snooty film festival!"

Except maybe for Utah.

;)

so, Carlsbad NM is on "Mountain Time", and the Appalanchians are not. Makes perfect sense.

As people who grew up near the Rockies and Sierra Nevada would say, "The Appalachians are not really mountains, just big hills."

I always assumed that the people at the gas station near me recognized me because I drive an Orange honda fit. But today I was in a rental (black ford focus) and they said "new car?"...

I love you Mandy and your weird capitalizations. :)

well, Orange is a very pronounced colour.

or maybe it's a trademark: Orange™

If I had an orange car I would capitalize the Orange too. :o)

I just got another car, its not Orange though, its Dark Green

I don't Have a car...

Why do all of our threads eventually get incredibly weird?

This thread was supposed to Be weird.

This thread is Orange™

Then is my screen wrong? I only see Blue™...

Well that's weird Ron, because if you have a split screen it should be Red™ and Yellow™.

yes, because red and yellow make.......Orange!

I love you guys!

My screen keeps on going blacK™

Maybe you™ should quit hitting the off switch™, then... :P

:facepalm: you all make Me Smile!

:facepalm: 2.0™

Are we :getting behind: the double colon for actions or the classic asterisk quotes? *sagenods*