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I'll be at Perris working in Square One from noon to sunset tomorrow, so please introduce yourself if you are in there. I'll probably be in the bar Saturday night too, so I'd love to have a beer with you (or some other tasty alcoholic beverage ). I'll hopefully be jumping in the next few days as well, but only if I get over this nasty cold I've had all week! (Don't get close enough for me to breathe on you!) Anyhow, have a great flight! And I'm sure you'll have a great time in Perris!

I think that's more of a popular male belief. And I think the fact that you and I have totally different opinions on this subject sort of proves that we don't think alike, and yet we're both women. As for the "chick flick" thing, I can't usually stand those movies (not that there is anything wrong with someone who does like them, I just don't). I'm not that into action movies either, but I can't think of a time when my husband and I ever disagreed on what movie to see - we seem to like the exact same things as far as movies go. And on the drinking, I don't think either of us would have another drink just because someone called us "pussies" (?) That being said, I can easily out-drink my husband (and most other males that I know) any day of the week. (Hmm, maybe I shouldn't say that like I'm proud of it??? ) Anyhow, I don't think there's anything wrong with "thinking like a woman"... I just don't think that most women (or most men) think alike. Like Val said, we all think differently based on our life experiences. Having a penis or not may be a small part of that, but I think there is so much more to it than that.

Well, if we're talking about the stereotyped male and female, then I'd probably say they do think differently - the man thinks about nothing but beer, sex and football and the woman thinks about nothing but makeup, beauty salons and clothes. But I don't actually know many people who fit into those stereotypes, so of the people I know I wouldn't say they could be grouped into two distinct ways of thinking based on whether they are male or female. And when I think of the people I've met in my life who think more like I do, most of them are male... And I wasn't raised in a masculine household or anything like that. It just doesn't seem like a simple yes or no question, so I'll stick with my original answer that some do think alike and some don't.

I'd imagine that some do and some don't. I don't think I've ever met a man who thinks the same way I do, but then I've never met another woman who thinks the same way I do either. Maybe I'm just some weirdo freak of nature, but I think it's more a case that everyone thinks somewhat differently. To say that men and women don't think about things the same way would imply that all men think alike and all women think alike, which I'm pretty sure would not be true.

Augmentation, hell! They may not be very big, but I've actually always wished they were just a little bit smaller so I wouldn't have to wear a freakin' bra!

LOL ... Well, it wasn't expensive because I was buying it cheap on ebay... And it's just a plain cotton sundress, but it's by DKNY so I guess that makes it a designer dress (according to the seller anyway ;-) But, I know... it is hard to imagine me wearing a dress at all. I just felt like acting feminine for a change. 'Course I didn't know it was gonna be a Monica Lewinsky-style dress (with the stains and all)!

This is why I agonize on the feedback sometimes. I hate to leave positive feedback when the transaction wasn't perfect, but I hate to leave neutral when they're trying to correct the problem (since people do make honest mistakes sometimes). Though I guess if they get enough neutral or negative comments, they'll learn to pay more attention to the details of what they're selling??? I wish ebay offered more feedback options than just positive, neutral or negative... like a 1-10 rating, with more room to leave details. (The comment line they give you is not usually long enough to describe a problem.) I think I'll write to ebay and suggest that... Thanks for all the suggestions, everyone... I'm gonna blow it off for now and deal with it when I get back from my week-long vacation which I am leaving for in the morning.

So...uhhh...what would really piss you off right now? Having average sex would piss me off right now. I just don't have time for average sex.

For those of you who use ebay, what do you think is the proper thing for a seller to do when an item they sold has been misrepresented? For example, I recently purchased a dress on ebay that was sold as "Very Good, Never Worn" condition with a chest measurement of 33". When it got here, there are several stains on the dress, and it is very large - I measured the chest to be 36". I informed the seller of this and they wrote back offering to refund the purchase price but not the shipping price and let me keep the dress (in this case, the shipping cost was actually MORE than the purchase price) - but only if and after I left positive feedback for them. They also mentioned to me that I should admit that even with the stains, I got a really good deal on a designer dress. (This I thought was fairly rude since any price is not a good deal when I can't even wear the dress since it is not the size it was supposed to be.) So, if I were the seller in this situation (and I was dealing with a reputable buyer) then I would just eat the $ on this one and refund every penny that was paid - especially since this was such a low dollar transaction anyway... But, I haven't been using ebay all that long so I am just wondering if my expectations are too high or what? Most of my ebay transactions have been really good deals, but it's annoying to me when I think I've gotten a good deal only to find out an item was misrepresented. Just curious to hear others' opinions on this kind of situation...

Mindblowing sex with someone I don't really like all that much... Seeing as how I don't really like anyone all that much anyway... well, at least not since I have become old and jaded.

I would get rid of all the testosterone...

Yep, I could go on about that... but I'm not even gonna go there! The dumbest thing I ever did at the dz was to ride on the handlebars of my bicycle after having a few too many drinks. The person pedaling the bike had also had a few too many... And, well basically I ended up jumping off the thing while in motion and landing on my knee and elbow on the pavement. Luckily I didn't break anything, but I got some good roadrash and still have the scars to prove it.

This is true... I have to admit that I am usually wishing I had an automatic when I am driving in LA. I haven't been to San Francisco, but I'll take your word for it that it sucks driving a stick there. (Hmm, should I be using "San Francisco", "sucks" and "stick" all in the same sentence??? )

I learned to drive a standard when I was 22 because I fell in love with a Fiat Spider that I just had to have even though it was a stick shift. So I rented a car for a week to learn (didn't tell them that's what I was doing with it ) - I had to call all over town before I finally found a place with a standard car for rent, and it turned out to be a beaten-up old station wagon that smelled like dog pee, but it was a good car to learn with. Anyhow, I was really really really wishing I had just learned to drive a standard in the first place, because it was extremely frustrating having to learn how to drive all over again! (So I'm not surprised that none of the people who have been calling you want to learn either!) But once I learned, I realized how much more fun it is to drive a standard, and (four vehicles later) I have not even considered buying an automatic since then.

Coffee, pizza, a Flintstones vitamin , a big dose of B vitamins, a dose of DL-Phenylalanine, and some DayQuil (for my yucky cold ).

I felt an earthquake yesterday afternoon at my house in Murrieta, but I'm not sure which quake it was that I felt. Looks like there were a few nearby... I was downstairs and heard a big noise and noticed the kitchen window shaking, but Rich was upstairs and said he felt the floor shaking and the things on his desk were rattling. I get so excited about earthquakes!

Happy Birthday, Rosa!

I usually go to Yahoo News.

I'm not having trouble deleting mail with my account, but I have noticed that Yahoo Mail has been having some sort of server problems (I think) for the last couple of weeks. I was just about to complain to them, but I see now that they have been making lots of changes... So I guess I'll give it a few more days before I complain. Hopefully they'll get it together... So what kind of email do you have that is so important to delete? Anything good???

I was also quite happy to log on to my Yahoo Mail Plus account this morning to discover it now has 2GB of storage. I guess they are feeling the pressure from the new Google Mail.

Hmmm... I've never seen that happen... Not saying it doesn't happen, but I've never seen it (and I know a few atheists, at least one of which I've seen hook one in - unfortunately)... And I've certainly never cried to "God" when my life has been in jeopardy. To me, that would be about as useful as calling for help from the Easter Bunny or Santa Claus.

Oops, one of my clones ended up with a penis! I'm sure if I show it to Rich then he'll leave my cloning machine alone! Edited to say: And when are you gonna learn how to spell my friggin' name????

Yep. You can sell your skull on ebay (if you're not Native American), but you can't sell your nut. http://pages.ebay.com/help/policies/remains.html

Hey now! Are you calling me narcissistic??? I was only taking pictures of myself because I have no friends to take pictures of. (Normally I just use this stuff to make virtual tours of homes for sale.) I'd like to take some 360 pictures at the dz sometime (or the windtunnel would be cool), but I really need a wider lens for that... unless I can get everyone to hold still for a few minutes.

You can do it with a standard camera and tripod, but I use a panoramic head on my tripod which makes it a lot easier. I'm only using a 28mm lens (stitching 18 pictures together), but if you wanted to take any shots with much action in them then you would need a wider lens so you could take fewer shots. (I'd like to get a fisheye lens eventually.) I use a program called Panorama Factory to stitch the pictures. This website has lots of good info about panoramic photography, if you're interested... http://www.panoguide.com/