Jon in Pasadena

I don't have any precious heirlooms. And my house is *very* solidly built, thanks!

There are some investment products like ING's sharebuilder* which allow you purchase stock shares in fractional increments. I believe ETRADE* has (or had?) something similar. * I am not recommending either of these products since I've never used or evaluated them. Just noting that they exist.

I was in the middle of interviewing a job applicant this morning, when the room started bouncin'. I tried to convince the interviewee it was just leakage from our sound-stage, and I think I had him going until the other employees started streaming out the doors. This one lasted a while, but didn't feel all that strong where I was (at work, in Hollywood). The strongest one I've felt was probably the Whittier Narrows quake in 1987. My girlfriend & were actually tumbled out of bed in my apartment in Pasadena; the wall cracked open, a lot of crap fell off shelves & broke, etc. The aftershock a few days later at friggin' 4:30 a.m. was fun, too. The biggest quake I've been in was 1994 Northridge (really centered in Reseda), which killed 70 or 80 people and broke the I-10 freeway. My wife's apartment in Northridge was red-tagged due to that sucker. Still, not too bad for over 25 yrs. of SoCal living....

Yeah, but Kyle Williams was off today. /sarc>

Naw... that's for a

Hey Angela wasn't half bad once upon a time. Even when I was 14, she was probably better looking than these two...dunno about the cheese grater thing, tho'. Maybe in a reeeeeal dry stretch... I must confess, I did sort of have a "thing" for my Junior High Art teacher. (She was way better looking than Honeybutt). Sadly, she happened to be a Sister. Of the Roman Catholic variety. Not too sure how well that would have gone over.

Good grief. If I was in the shower and turned around and saw one of those mugs, I'd feel the urge to... ... take a shower immediately. So all-in-all I suppose it could have been worse.

"They refused to launder the prisoners' undies with TIDE, and look what happens when you use that other brand -- YELLOW STAINS!!"

On the 2-disk DVD release of X2 (the 2nd X-Man film) there is an interesting Special Feature about how they constructed their Oval Office & West Wing sets. I found it pretty interesting. They even made sure it was updated to accurately reflect GWB ordering the Oval Office carpeting to be changed from the traditional deep blue color to some horrible pinkish-beige-y hue.

Whom, the receptionist? Sorry about desecrating the thread. I had the shot and I took it. The made me do it.

I'll miss TR. He would have really enjoyed the upcoming election. This week sure did suck majorly. Can we get a do-over?

Understandable. They're dropping like flies this week for some reason.

Yes, you're right, of course. At 3:30am my brain thought "Shane..." and my stupid fingers typed "Conlan" for some reason... And I agree that Tom was as good a DC as any we've had. Which, oddly enough, has nothing whatsoever to do with DC Tom.

I remember him from the days of Smerlas, Haslett & Conlan. A good coach and a good guy.

Wow, that's nearly 13' !

Hmm, is that the latest "flavor" of Hot Pockets ? (Still have not ever eaten one. )

As long as he feeds a steady diet of FieldTurfTM to Brady, Beck & Clemington I couldn't care less what motivates him to do it.

W - Sept. 7 Seattle Seahawks 1 p.m. L - Sept. 14 at Jacksonville Jaguars 1 p.m. W - Sept. 21 Oakland Raiders 1 p.m. L - Sept. 28 at St. Louis Rams 4:05 p.m. W - Oct. 5 at Arizona Cardinals 4:15 p.m. Oct. 12 Bye L - Oct. 19 San Diego Chargers 1 p.m. W - Oct. 26 at Miami Dolphins 1 p.m. W - Nov. 2 New York Jets 1 p.m. W - Nov. 9 at New England Patriots* 1 p.m. W - Nov. 17 (Mon.) Cleveland Browns 8:30 p.m. L - Nov. 23 at Kansas City Chiefs 1 p.m. W - Nov. 30 San Francisco 49ers 1 p.m. W - Dec. 7 Miami Dolphins (at Toronto) 4:05 p.m. W - Dec. 14 at New York Jets 1 p.m. L - Dec. 21 at Denver Broncos 4:05 p.m. L - Dec. 28 New England Patriots* 1 p.m. 10-6

Actually, strictly speaking, I think it was a simile...

Thanks for ripping 30 years of scab off that wound.

With your van, I hope...

The line you're referring to was, without a doubt, the stupidest in a fairly stupid article.

It's the same thing with my local water company. They actually say right on the bill that it's cool to "push your payment through the little slot in our door during off hours". So I do just that. Saves a stamp. Of course I pay everything else under the sun online, and using a cash-back reward credit card whenever possible.

!@#$. Of all the days to spill super-glue on my blazer, it had to be today...

Not-so-healthy cuisine, large desserts, close to I-90 ... that all screams "Cheesecake Factory" to me!