Nightingale

hehehe. for the record, no plans on becoming a professional skydiver. I gotta learn how to land first!

hmm... what if the rubber band wasn't too long, but too wide, and got stuck in the grommet? dunno if that's possible, its just the first thing I thought of.

since I've gotten a few PMs, I should probably clarify that I am NOT driving home from work. I take the train and the bus. I promise, I would never go driving when I'm this damn sleepy!

No habla Espanol. Por favor explique en Ingles?

I was awake most of the night working on a special project. I got about half an hour of sleep. On sunday through wednesday nights, I averaged about four hours of sleep. I have now had 16.5 hours of sleep over the last five nights. I'm sitting at my desk drinking my third red bull of the day. I'm still falling asleep. I've tried taking walks around the building, and, while they wake me up a bit while I'm out, as soon as I come back to my cube and sit down, I wanna go to sleep again... must stay awake for the next five hours... then, I'll be home and can fall into bed and sleep clear through to morning. Anyone have any stay-awake solutions???? HELP!!!!! Sleeping at work is BAD! funny- they don't care if I PW, but if I get caught taking a nap, I think I'd be in trouble.

Hey! Will you PLEASE quit generalizing??!! I'm a leftie. I don't think Bush had anything to do with this. He's not responsible. The individual soldiers and their COs are. Just like Bush isn't responsible for 9/11. The morons who decided that flying airplanes into buildings was a good idea are responsible. Just because someone is a liberal does not mean their brain has fallen out their ears.

Babylon 5 fan, Bester?

My brother put his in a large tub of baking soda for a week. seemed to work. get large tub. fill halfway with baking soda. put shoes on top. finish filling tub with baking soda so shoes are buried. Also, a light spray of rubbing alcohol or hydrogen peroxide may work. Odors can be caused by bacteria, so anything antibacterial can help.

Is there an address where we can send cards, flowers, or cash for Alexa's education?

um... perhaps they're vaccinating for multiple diseases?

Cajones himself has been conspicuously silent in this thread.

Omg.... I'm so sorry. I don't know what else to say.

have you taken a canopy class yet? I think I'm going to take one in june (soonest I'll have the cash).

I've never jumped an original sabre. had a nice experience demoing a sabre2, though. I put about 12 jumps on a spectre and didn't have a single stand up landing. Demoed my silhouette and had my first stand-up in fifteen jumps. I'm getting stand-up landings now about every other jump. One of my instructors suggested going back to a 9 cell from the spectre because of my landing difficulties, and it seems that his solution was correct, because I have a much easier time landing my silhouette or the demo sabre2 than the spectre of the same size (190)

Personally, I didn't like the steeper glide ratio on the spectre. I've found I prefer 9 cell canopies, at least at this point. I had wonderful openings with the spectre, but awful landings.

Letter of resignation -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Actual letter of resignation from an employee at Zantex Computers, USA, to her boss, who probably resigned very soon afterwards! Dear Mr. Baker, As a graduate of an institution of higher education, I have a few very basic expectations. Chief among these is that my direct superiors have an intellect that ranges above the common ground squirrel. After your consistent and annoying harassment of my coworkers and me during the commission of our duties, I can only surmise that you are one of the few true genetic wastes of our time. Asking me, a network administrator, to explain every little nuance of everything I do each time you happen to stroll into my office is not only a waste of time, but also a waste of precious oxygen. I was hired because I know how to network computer systems, and you were apparently hired to provide amusement to myself and other employees, who watch you vainly attempt to understand the concept of "cut and paste" for the hundredth time. You will never understand computers. Something as incredibly simple as binary still gives you too many options. You will also never understand why people hate you, but I am going to try and explain it to you, even though I am sure this will be just as effective as telling you what an IP is. Your shiny new iMac has more personality than you ever will. You walk around the building all day, shiftlessly looking for fault in others. You have a sharp dressed useless look about you that may have worked for your interview, but now that you actually have responsibility, you pawn it off on overworked staff, hoping their talent will cover for your glaring ineptitude. In a world of managerial evolution, you are the blue-green algae that everyone else eats and laughs at. Managers like you are a sad proof of the Dilbert principle. Since this situation is unlikely to change without you getting a full frontal lobotomy reversal, I am forced to tender my resignation, however I have a few parting thoughts. 1. When someone calls you in reference to employment, it is illegal for you to give me a bad recommendation. The most you can say to hurt me is "I prefer not to comment." I will have friends randomly call you over the next couple of years to keep you honest, because I know you would be unable to do it on your own. 2. I have all the passwords to every account on the system, and I know every password you have used for the last five years. If you decide to get cute, I am going to publish your "favorites list", which I conveniently saved when you made me "back up" your useless files. I do believe that terms like "Lolita" are not usually viewed favorably by the administration. 3. When you borrowed the digital camera to "take pictures of your Mother's birthday," you neglected to mention that you were going to take pictures of yourself in the mirror nude. Then you forgot to erase them like the techno-moron you really are. Suffice it to say I have never seen such odd acts with a sauce bottle, but I assure you that those have been copied and kept in safe places pending the authoring of a glowing letter of recommendation. (Try to use a spell check please; I hate having to correct your mistakes.) Thank you for your time, and I expect the letter of recommendation on my desk by 8:00 am tomorrow. One word of this to anybody, and all of your little twisted repugnant obsessions will be open to the public. Never f*** with your systems administrator. Why? Because they know what you do with all that free time! Wishing you a grand and glorious day, Cecelia

A lot of waivers include a clause requiring someone who sues to pay the legal bills of the defendent. That wouldn't help you up-front, but it does provide grounds for a countersuit.

Yup! When I've just had one of my usual feet-knees-face landings, Tim's truck is about the nicest thing ever!

Cake Batter ice cream topped with strawberries!

ROFLMAO!!!!!

Yup! Basically, I came, I saw, I slept. Great t-shirt for boring latin classes. as for the rest: Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur - anything, when said in Latin, sounds profound. Si hoc legere scis nimium eruditiones habes - if you can read this, you're overeducated! Sentio aliquos togatos contra me conspirare - I think the men in the togas are plotting against me. (I just threw this in to see if anyone was actually paying attention ) Bene, cum Latine nescias, nolo manus meas in te maculare. Die dulci fruere! - if you don't understand plain Latin, I wash my hands of you, so have a nice day! My favorite Latin saying, however, is: Non Gradus Anus Rodentum! (translation: I don't give a rat's ass!) It was my favorite comment when I got frustrated with my assignments.

if you put your assets in a corporation or a personal trust, you don't officially own your assets, and therefore, if they sue you personally, they can't touch them. talk to a lawyer in your area, because state laws vary.

Can we just put beer/cash on his tab at the bar? I don't usually stay late to hang out, so I usually don't get the chance to buy anyone beer, as much as I'd like to.

Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur. I have a T-shirt that says "Si hoc legere scis nimium eruditiones habes." but my favorite shirt to wear on the first day of school to my classics or latin class said "Veni, Vidi, Dormivi" Sentio aliquos togatos contra me conspirare. Bene, cum Latine nescias, nolo manus meas in te maculare. Die dulci fruere!