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Reply to Memorial Day in Misc Stardock Forums

My family and I did something a little different this year for Memorial Day. On Sunday, we went and took a walk through the local battlefield park. It's the one with The Crater (and yes, folks around here capitalize both words :). After walking the various paths and re-reading the history around us, we stood at the site of the Crater itself and said a short prayer for each of the folks that made the ultimate sacrifice for the freedoms we enjoy. Being from

Reply to Mom Did Ok in Blogging Stardock Forums

Glad to hear it, Mason! Now, make sure you get down there tomorrow in one piece and can give her a big hug. It's Mother's Day, after all!

Reply to Stardock Forum Update - 4/29/08 in Internet JoeUser Forums

My Karma broke down on the way to work this morning ... :HOT:

Reply to Jesus on my license plate! in Religion JoeUser Forums

I'm not sure how Florida generates ideas for these plates. Having been part of an effort to get a set of plates here in Virginia (the yellow and white with the funky looking house on it for Home Educators, for all you Virginians. Don't blame me ... I just ran the petition, I didn't design the damn thing), I can say that it's not an act of the legislature that gets it approved. All you have to do is have a design, a petition (minimum of 250 signatures) as well as 250 preorders (PAID preorders,

Reply to When Will Iraq's Tet Offensive Begin? in Politics Stardock Forums

Leauki, that's getting tricky. If you count occupation as "US troops still stationed there", the "occuption" is still on going. Having said that, the troops were still in West Berlin because of the armistice treaty splitting control of the city. At that point, I wouldn't call it an occupation, because any troops present were there due to a treaty agreement, not because of being victors in a conflict. So... by that second definition, about 1946 ... and it ended by the S

Reply to Before & After (Kind of) in Home Improvement Stardock Forums

[quote]I helped a friend of mine in Delaware make curtains out of bed sheets because we found some on sale. The rougher the fabric (meaning less thread count) the better for curtains..and less thread count means CHEAP flat sheets. heh.[/quote] Growing up in an Army family, we learned a bunch of interesting things. The sheets for curtains trick was a favorite. It's also an easy way to get curtains to match a theme. And easy to take a flat sheet and turn into curtains.

Reply to An instrument of manhood? in Blogging Stardock Forums

[quote]You'll change your tune.[/quote] Or is that just the tuning knob slipping? :LOL: Seriously, I wish I still had the manual dexterity to play (and the musical ability to). Y'all don't knock the banjo, now, ya hear? Given a halfway decent player, it can sound rather good. Toss in a steel guitar and a fiddle and you're well on your way to a decent band. :D

Reply to Investor claims Disney playing politics with film in Politics Stardock Forums

Their problem with releasing on DVD right now ... it'll provide emphasis on Clinton's creative interpretation of her actions during that time. If she was so key to what was going on that she can claim credit as "co-President", then she shares an equal amount of blame for the failures of the sitting President. And the mini-series documents that there's plenty of blame to go around.

Reply to Inserting Code with Live Writer in Blogging Stardock Forums

Looks to work. :) Such lovely colors. *runs screaming* too much time with the MS VS IDE causes insanity. Prolonged exposure is not recommended for the sane.

Presidential Candidates in Politics JoeUser Forums

This weekend, I had a converstion with my mom regarding the presidential election this year. As a Civics teacher in the county's middle school, it's something that she's got to pay extra attention to, for obvious reasons. During the conversation, she made a comment that scared me, at first. If Obama manages to win the Democratic nomination and the general election in November, what kind of cabinet is he likly to try to bring on board? Some of our first tho

Reply to What does this mean? in Personal Computing Stardock Forums

The question, Tova - Have you got the photobucket URL specified correctly? Usually, the invalid/unknow hostname's only given when the DNS server can't resolve the host name. When that happens, it's either an invalid name or a typo'd name. With me, it's usually the latter.

Reply to I Like the New JU in Blogging Stardock Forums

The Recent Articles list is back (it snuck in sometime in the last couple days). Before today, you'd click on the Recent Articles header on the right side and it would take you to all of the recent articles (like it used to) with a blurb of the article. As of this morning (at least, that's when I noticed it ... :D ) There's a more ... link at the bottom of the Recent Article list that does the same thing.

Reply to Whataburger in Blogging Stardock Forums

Oh, good luck with the truck. Hopefully they'll finally get it figured out this time and you won't have a repeat visit from Murphy anytime soon. This makes ... what? Time #4 in the last 6 months in the engine shop for the same problem?

Reply to Whataburger in Blogging Stardock Forums

We've had a few of them scattered around central Virginia for years. Love their food. The neighbourhood I used to live in had one right outside the entrance (walking distance). Since it was right next to the community ball field, it was a good place to grab a drink and a good burger (chicken sandwich is good, too) and take in a ball game during the summer. I have found a place that makes a better burger (and better fries). It's called 5 Guys Burgers and Fries.&n

Reply to JoeUser 2 Beta - Your Turn! in Blogging JoeUser Forums

We want to start getting folks in the habit of tagging their articles with relevant keywords. The idea is that if you tag your article as being about "Boston" we can provide the reader with relevant information, such as other articles that may be about Boston etc. This also helps google searchability of the site and your blog s

Reply to JoeUser 2 Beta - Your Turn! in Blogging JoeUser Forums

Logged in fine. Wrote an article and commented on several. So far so good. One comment that I've got. It's more of a "huh?" type thing. The tags listing across the top. Is there a particular purpose for the humongous font size at the beginning and then get smaller as it flows to the end? It's rather ... annoying and distracting.

Reply to THE NY GIANTS DID IT!!! in Football JoeUser Forums

Wooooohooooooo!!!!!! Damn fine game. Defensive struggle all the way through. And I had to break out the cane this morning ... All the dancing I did last night when they scored (and then again when they won) gave my fibro something to act up about. Oh, well. It was worth it! And the cats my forgive me all the screaming ... eventually.

Reply to Why Are Men So Clueless - Sometimes? in Personal Relationships JoeUser Forums

Huh? Did you say something? *takes pauses iPod and takes earbuds out of ears* I was a little preoccupied ... Didn't work on you? Darn. Usually doesn't work on my wife either. At least, judging by the number of objects I have to duck, dodge or deflect after saying it.

Reply to You're a guest at our house, not a customer at a store in Blogging JoeUser Forums

Note to self: When my blind, idiotic self starts ranting like a mind-controlled Democrat ... Don't antagonize the host. Thanks again, Brad, for the free ice cream. And thanks for getting the hole in the "bowl" (aka the Black list) fixed!

Reply to Ha! Take that 'America's Team' in Football JoeUser Forums

Twice a year, I always have trouble telling who to root for (or against). I've got 3 teams that I ALWAYS root for - 1) The Giants (who did an awesome job on Saturday, even if they came up 3 points short) 2) whomever's playing the Cowboys and 3) whomever's playing the Redskins. So, twice a season, I have to hope they both figure out a way to lose in the same game. <img src="..

Reply to Dammit, my daughter turned out to be hot in Home & Family JoeUser Forums

Daddy's saving up for a shotgun already... Only saving? Slow poke. My daughter's 6 and already showing sings of blossoming into a beautiful woman (she can't help it ... she looks like her mother and her mother's gorgeous). Either I'm gonna be in trouble or she is. I'm not sure which, though. Any pot

Reply to An Honest Question Deserves an Honest Answer in Work JoeUser Forums

I'm with Gideon on this one. I find a pregnant woman especially alluring. My wife, for some reason, turns into a nymphomaniac when she's pregnant. During her last pregnancy, I wanted her to go into labor so that *I* could get some relief.

Reply to Dems Supported Low and Middle Income Issues in Debate! in Politics JoeUser Forums

That's funny considering the Democrats have tried to push 2 SCHIP bills they knew would be vetoed but sent them anyways. How does anyone believe someone would care for children when they are not willing to compromise or come up with a better idea but instead would use the children as a weapon to bring down the opposing party. So

Reply to I Know. in Life Journals JoeUser Forums

It's the calm ones that you really watch out for. I'd like to say that I'd be the raving lunatic if something like this happened to my daughter. After my reaction to witnessing her getting bullied earlier this week ... I'm leaning more towards the cold as ice response. And in that frame of mind, I'm liable to do ANYTHING to protect my baby.

Clinton Campaign Shows Hypocrisy in Politics JoeUser Forums

Interesting things that you pick up from time to time. Something that makes me think that the campaigns can't get any more hypocritical (and Hillary's would have to work VERY hard to do that), something sneaks up and slaps me across the back of the head. It seems that a member of Hillary's campaign decided to speak up about Barak Obama's past ... i