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turtle777 · Jul 19, 2009, 06:19 PM

Originally Posted by ghporter

Not at all. Ethiopian food is amazing; it's yet another take on Mediterranean food, with different flavors and combinations. It's wonderful stuff. Ethiopia hasn't always been rife with famine. That's a political thing, not a geographic or cultural thing.

Why do you even respond with serious stuff to Laminar's burps ?
Haven't you noticed that in 99% of the cases, he's not serious, just making sh!t up ?

-t

ghporter · Jul 19, 2009, 06:27 PM

In this case it's because I'm upset that I haven't found a good Ethiopian restaurant here in San Antonio. He reminded me of the wonderfulness of that food and I gushed about it. YUM! So I had an excuse to tell everyone that I like Ethiopian food, and to rag on how the Ethiopian people have gotten the shaft from the so called people who have been running the show in their land for several decades. Double win!

turtle777 · Jul 19, 2009, 06:35 PM

Yeah, that's a good reason to be upset.

Last good Ethiopian food I had was in LA, IIRC.

-t

ghporter · Jul 19, 2009, 06:35 PM

In Detroit for me, and that was a long time ago. WAY too long!

mattyb · Jul 24, 2009, 05:30 AM

Starting my THREE WEEKS of Summer holiday !!!!!!!!!!!!!

Oh yeah.

Doofy · Jul 24, 2009, 05:54 AM

Originally Posted by mattyb

Starting my THREE WEEKS of Summer holiday !!!!!!!!!!!!!

Oh yeah.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJ0CFXSh_iY

Spheric Harlot · Jul 24, 2009, 06:05 AM

Don't you mean
YouTube - MC Miker G & DJ Sven - Holiday Rap

ghporter · Jul 24, 2009, 08:54 AM

I'm prepping for some call-back interviews Monday and Tuesday, and trying to compare job offers. I'm looking forward to dropping that stuff over the weekend. My wife and I are planning to drive up to Austin and visit with some friends on Saturday, then sort of relax on Sunday.

osiris · Jul 24, 2009, 09:39 AM

This weekend I'll be working on a few writing projects.
Unless I see the sun, that is. Then I'll be on the beach.

Laminar · Jul 24, 2009, 09:48 AM

Friday night I'm going to a bicycle ride then probably grabbing a Redbox. Saturday is motorcycle fun then some wedding (hoping for the open bar). Sunday should be pretty relaxing.

mdc · Jul 24, 2009, 10:15 AM

Saturday:

Hang up DVD shelves
Go find batting gloves and a softball glove for a friend

Sunday:

Softball match

mattyb · Aug 21, 2009, 03:11 AM

Surf photography weekend. Apparently the waves are going to be good on the South West coast of France this weekend. The Sigma 70-300 is going to be fixed to my D40 and I'll be hoping that I don't drop the beast into the soup a la IceEnclosure. May try putting the tripod on the beach as well.

Oh yeah, get to see my kids that I haven't seen for a week

- - e r i k - - · Aug 21, 2009, 06:22 AM

Just waiting for my pants to dry and then it's party time

SpaceMonkey · Aug 21, 2009, 08:59 AM

^ I'm going to use that line.

mattyb · Aug 21, 2009, 09:02 AM

Originally Posted by - - e r i k - -

Just waiting for my pants to dry and then it's party time

Laminar · Aug 21, 2009, 09:23 AM

BACHELOR PARTY.

Main events will be go-karts then German beer from a boot. Lots of other stuff in there, too. Saturday (besides recovering) will be spent on motorcycles.

SpaceMonkey · Aug 21, 2009, 09:24 AM

Originally Posted by Laminar

BACHELOR PARTY.

Main events will be go-karts then German beer from a boot. Lots of other stuff in there, too. Saturday (besides recovering) will be spent on motorcycles.

But will your pants be dry?

Laminar · Aug 21, 2009, 10:31 AM

Let's hope not.

TheoCryst · Aug 21, 2009, 04:24 PM

Hopefully gonna see District 9 finally. Maybe get lost in Seattle again, as has been my tradition for the past few weekends.

Andy8 · Aug 21, 2009, 07:20 PM

Will be out on the boat for some wakeboarding on Sunday.

ghporter · Aug 21, 2009, 08:24 PM

I'm resting! I just finished my second week at a new job, and it's BUSY! This weekend we're going to take the puppy to obedience training, do some housework, and veg out.

- - e r i k - - · Aug 21, 2009, 09:07 PM

Originally Posted by mattyb

Life is hard with only one set of useful pants

Laminar · Aug 22, 2009, 04:19 PM

I survived the night. Highlights included winning a first place ribbon at the go-kart track, getting cut off at the German bier place because we'd had too many boots, and one of my friends vomiting out the tailgate window of the SUV we were riding in down the interstate.

sek929 · Aug 23, 2009, 03:59 PM

I'll be attending Red Sox vs Yankees tonight at Fenway. Seats are behind 1st base.

ghporter · Aug 23, 2009, 09:22 PM

We wound up having a busier weekend than we'd expected. Plenty of errands to run on Saturday after dog training, had friends over for dinner too. Today, we'd expected to veg while the laundry ran-we expected to take a while to get it all done, since we didn't have a chance to do any during the week. Turned out we had some neighborhood duties to handle first; we got the job of notifying neighbors of when the paving crews would be blocking their driveways, and that took some time to coordinate and more time to do the actual notification. We wound up vegging, alright, but only after a couple of hours of sweating in the hot out-of-doors.

All is well now. Two showers each (one before we headed out, one after we got back), some laundry folding, and a nice spaghetti dinner later, and we're nice and relaxed.

mattyb · Aug 24, 2009, 04:03 AM

Originally Posted by Laminar

I survived the night. Highlights included winning a first place ribbon at the go-kart track, getting cut off at the German bier place because we'd had too many boots, and one of my friends vomiting out the tailgate window of the SUV we were riding in down the interstate.

The cream of Iowa?

kylef · Aug 24, 2009, 04:53 AM

This is my last week off before I head back to my final year of school. Every day will be treated like a weekend!

mattyb · 07:06 AM

Last weekend of summer for me, kids getting picked up, all at home together for the first time in five weeks. Will try a few more surf shots at the beach (last attempt was pretty p1ss poor). May have to suffer with some fois gras and confit de canard washed down with some decent wine - oh dear life is hard sometimes.

Have a good w/e.

turtle777 · Aug 28, 2009, 09:07 AM

Installing Snow Leopard, what else ?

-t

iM@k · Aug 28, 2009, 11:04 AM

Well it looks LIke Sat morning I'm fixing a MacPro that's a on the fritz, then going to any 80's theme party in the evening with some friends.

TheoCryst · Aug 28, 2009, 03:51 PM

Building Ikea furniture for a friend. People need to stop moving...

design219 · Aug 28, 2009, 03:58 PM

Music and wine at a local winery.

smacintush · Aug 28, 2009, 04:13 PM

It's Friday! I get to work all weekend! For straight time! YAY!

mattyb · Aug 31, 2009, 04:02 AM

Originally Posted by smacintush

It's Friday! I get to work all weekend! For straight time! YAY!

Straight time?? Is there Bent time? Gay time?

Explanations required.

Spheric Harlot · Aug 31, 2009, 06:23 AM

There's overtime, which comes with a premium.

I assume "straight time" is "what-the-****-are-you-talking-about-be-thankful-you-even-HAVE-a-job-now-get-out-of-my-goddamn-office-before-I-replace-you-with-my-pet-monkey-ya-punk" weekend work hours.

kylef · Aug 31, 2009, 01:07 PM

I had back to my final year of A Levels tomorrow. Having been off since mid May and only having to come in for exams, I'm not that bothered about going back.

turtle777 · Aug 31, 2009, 01:10 PM

Originally Posted by Spheric Harlot

There's overtime, which comes with a premium.

I assume "straight time" is "what-the-****-are-you-talking-about-be-thankful-you-even-HAVE-a-job-now-get-out-of-my-goddamn-office-before-I-replace-you-with-my-pet-monkey-ya-punk" weekend work hours.

Yeah, I had a couple of those over the weekend as well.

-t

mattyb · Sep 4, 2009, 10:57 AM

Its France's first weekend after summer break, so everything like sports clubs, associations, night courses etc gets started this weekend. This is when most people sign up to a gym for a year and then only do a couple of months. I am one of the clever ones (hard to believe I know) - I just play with my Xbox so I only cost an XBL Gold membership.

Daughter (5.5 years old) wants to start horse riding.

I just hope that there's a low-cost option.

mattyb · Sep 18, 2009, 03:05 PM

Light painting was planned for tonight. I had a few beers to prepare myself for the walk to the park.

Well a storm has decided to thwart us. I had loads of lights to play with as well.

Whole weekend looks like it'll be sh1te weather.

- - e r i k - - · Sep 18, 2009, 08:27 PM

It's Saturday morning, so it's time to head down to the trawlers, buy a kilo of king prawns, get some nice beers and hit the beach for a picnic and a swim.

TheoCryst · Sep 18, 2009, 08:58 PM

Going to Dimitriou's Jazz Alley for the first time on Saturday with a lovely lady friend. I anticipate good times to be had!

RAILhead · Sep 18, 2009, 09:01 PM

I'm reclining in my chair because I got the end of my right big toe amputated Wednesday. Seriously. Can I post a pic, or are amputation pics no-gos?

Phileas · Sep 18, 2009, 11:21 PM

You can feel that fall is around the corner up here - there's frost in the forecast for tonight. As a result we went to a local diner and indulged in comfort food and beers.

mattyb · Sep 19, 2009, 05:05 AM

Originally Posted by RAILhead

I'm reclining in my chair because I got the end of my right big toe amputated Wednesday. Seriously. Can I post a pic, or are amputation pics no-gos?

I think that you should post in the photo critique thread, then all bases are covered. Of course, you also need to explain the amputation and be prepared for sarcastic / unforgiving / downright rude comments from a large proportion of the Lounge.

RAILhead · Sep 19, 2009, 07:30 PM

Okay, here's what I'm doing this weekend! I had my right great toe amputated to the first joint because I had a granular cell tumor on it. This surgery happened Wednesday, and lasted 4.5 hours (they also removed some lymph nodes to test for malignancy). This is day 3 now, with the stitches to be removed in 3 weeks. Hurts like a mother scratcher. Bound to crutches for quite a while, then down to a cane, then to not needing assistance. The black stitches make it look like a little Frankenstein's monster.

If you're a wuss, DON'T click the spoiler image! It's a pic of my feet, resting on pillows, taken with my iPhone, showing my "new" toe in comparison to the rest. Any redness you see is not blood — it's just redness and swelling from the surgery.

ghporter · Sep 19, 2009, 07:39 PM

Originally Posted by RAILhead

Okay, here's what I'm doing this weekend! I had my right great toe amputated to the first joint because I had a granular cell tumor on it. This surgery happened Wednesday, and lasted 4.5 hours (they also removed some lymph nodes to test for malignancy). This is day 3 now, with the stitches to be removed in 3 weeks. Hurts like a mother scratcher. Bound to crutches for quite a while, then down to a cane, then to not needing assistance. The black stitches make it look like a little Frankenstein's monster.

If you're a wuss, DON'T click the spoiler image! It's a pic of my feet, resting on pillows, taken with my iPhone, showing my "new" toe in comparison to the rest. Any redness you see is not blood — it's just redness and swelling from the surgery.

DANG!!!! I'll bet that hurts! It's good they only had to take the most distal part of the toe-that toe is kinda important to locomotion, and it's a bear to learn how to walk well without it. What kind of follow-up do they have planned for you? Besides rehab to learn to walk smoothly, of course.

RAILhead · Sep 19, 2009, 07:56 PM

That's about it. I just have to take my time and gradually build-up to being able to put full weight on it. There's a decent chance I'll use a cane for quite a while, once I get over the initial "crutch stage."

In 3 months I'll be getting with Touch Bionics and having them make me an aesthetic prosthetic toe. Their work is freaking AMAZING. They custom paint the toe, add acrylic nails that match your existing nails, add hair, etc., etc., etc. These guys are on the edge of the Sci-Fi stuff we read about.

But, my toe won't be mechanical — it'll just attach to my existing toe. I'll be able to do anything with it except for walk at the beach. It'll keep flip flops on my feet, help me balance better, etc.

Face Ache · Sep 20, 2009, 12:49 AM

Sheeit! Hope you get back on your feet soon. Literally. But your ballet career is over.

phantomdragonz · Sep 20, 2009, 01:55 AM

that is some creepy shieet right there...

however to stay on topic...

I will be working on my jeep Wrangler tomorrow... possibly pulling the engine but at the very least I will be prepping some stuff for paint and or painting.

unfortunately I need to pull the engine so I can replace the clutch... I sorta stripped out the bolts at the top of the transmission bellhousing...

-Zach

ghporter · Sep 20, 2009, 10:52 AM

I spent yesterday doing laundry and running errands while my wife worked. Today we're vegging out-slept in, nice breakfast, probably watch a movie... Nice and easy.