CathyCA wrote:Do you say, "Let's go have a coffee," or do you say, "Let's go get some coffee?"

"I need a latte. Want one?"

Lavabe wrote:I am glad, however, that Tiger Woods won again, as that means only six more weeks are left in the recession.

Tiger Woods missing the cut at a major probably means that we're due for a really bad El Nino year, or something.

Indeed a beautiful tribute, Lavabe. I hope you're feeling better! Severe dehydration sounds severely unpleasant. :( Perhaps an odd question, but how tall, on average, are the malagasy men? I understand that a tall, white guy would really stand out there, I'm just trying to get a mental picture of ho...

Did anyone ever notice that BillyBreen is still the third-most prolific poster on DBR, and he hasn't even logged in since early February?

Out of curiosity (and if you don't mind sharing), why are you over there? From FB, it sounds vaguely like there's an educational angle to the trip?

Yay for an open changing of the guard. I kind of feel this way about the inaugural ceremony too - "This is how governance is supposed to work."

Thanks, Sue, for your efforts, and a continued thank you to CB&B for keeping us running.

The Malagasy English major who came with us on the last trip and I were waiting for our guides who were searching for the correct path, when we got into a discussion about terms like "Dude." One of the cultural researchers in the area of Ankarana is known as "Joe Ankarana" (even though his name his...

CameronBornAndBred wrote:

wilson wrote:I'm just about ready for football season.

Hell yeah!!!

Heck no - it's still a long way until football season - the summer's just starting!

(Damn, I've been out in the Pac NW for too long, haven't I?)

Speaking of dudes...'The Big Lebowski.' I don't get it. I'm really supposed to love it; lots of people whose movie tastes align significantly with mine are mildly obsessed. But I've seen it multiple times, and it just doesn't do a thing for me. :shock: *ducking* No need to duck. We survived the FIG...

Question re: Kronenbourg: I distinctly recall it being the cheap stuff in France (I drank it on plenty a Friday afternoon as a 15 year-old :-o ). But here, it clocks in just south of nine bucks for a six-pack. Does this mean that Busch Light qualifies as premium brew in Europe? Throughout the UK, B...

Well, the archive is closed today, and I was going to sit on the beach and drink Kronenbourg in honor of Bastille Day. But as of right now, it's rather gray, and this afternoon's forecast calls for thunderstorms. So, for now, I'm just interwebbing and watching the Cosby Show. Maybe I'll storm a pri...

All of the above. Whenever one of these thunderbolts arrives, I jot down as much as I can or want to about it. This morning, I was sitting right in front of my computer, so I just typed up about 15 bullet points regarding this latest inspiration. Later, I'll go back to it and use it as inspiration ...

I'm watching Sex and the City, The Movie.

It's pretty funny, and holding my attention. The latter part is more than I can say for The International, starring Clive Owen, which preceded this one.

Another ad I find interesting lately is the Ally Bank(formerly GMAC bank and a division of a former employer of mine) ad where the guy offers the two little girls a pony. Brunette, less cute* little girl gets a plastic toy pony. Cute, blond little girl gets a real-life pony. My, my, the stereotypin...

Does MSFT have a competing package? Not for the software we use. However, my understanding is that MSFT is developing a product that would compete with one or more of the company's other software packages. Annoyingly, this particular company was a fully owned subsidiary of a major pharmaceutical co...

colchar wrote:Why is this place so fucking dead today?!?

I, for one, was still asleep when you posted this. I love sleeping in on Saturday mornings.

Don't know about the rest of you, but I've had a week. I'll call this my "I hate Microsoft" post. Sorry, DA! BTW, if it makes you feel any better, I'm having a "I hate MSFT" day as well. My group has been trying to figure out our next moves for about the past year. Last August, we thought we had a ...

Don't know about the rest of you, but I've had a week. I'll call this my "I hate Microsoft" post. Sorry, DA! We found out about a month ago that the software package that is critical to our lab's work was being sold to Micosoft. We were a bit nervous about what this would mean, and we found out thi...

Happy Anniversary, you two! Congratulations on 31 years of marriage.