Heathansson wrote:

Kruelaid wrote:

Patrick Curtin wrote:

Kruelaid wrote:

I hate the Canadian government. What a bunch of jackasses.

O.o

Wow, not feeling patriotic today Kruelly?

Patriotic. Not a sentiment I am familiar with.

The a*@~*&@s won't allow my daughter to come to Canada while her citizenship application is being processed.

Sorry; I didn't know that before I started talking b%*#%@*@.

Those greasy f!@~s! I hatem!!!

Canada is paranoid about anyone getting in illegally. So they make it hard for anyone (who isn't rich as s@&~). Asshat bastards.

They don't even allow short visits? Or are you trying for a temporary visa type thing? We have so much cross traffic here thru Windsor-Detroit that I don't understand the grounds this is based on. Or is it just bureaucratic BS? This really sux.

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Kruelaid wrote:

Heathansson wrote:

Kruelaid wrote:

Patrick Curtin wrote:

Kruelaid wrote:

I hate the Canadian government. What a bunch of jackasses.

O.o

Wow, not feeling patriotic today Kruelly?

Patriotic. Not a sentiment I am familiar with.

The a*@~*&@s won't allow my daughter to come to Canada while her citizenship application is being processed.

Sorry; I didn't know that before I started talking b%*#%@*@.

Those greasy f!@~s! I hatem!!!

Canada is paranoid about anyone getting in illegally. So they make it hard for anyone (who isn't rich as s@&~). Asshat bastards.

They don't even allow short visits? Or are you trying for a temporary visa type thing? We have so much cross traffic here thru Windsor-Detroit that I don't understand the grounds this is based on. Or is it just bureaucratic BS? This really sux.

While she is applying for Canadian citizenship (and it took me three tries to get the papers in because they make up their own rules in regional offices--and keep changing them) SHE IS NOT PERMITTED TO GET A VISA ON HER PHILIPPINE PASSPORT.

There are no exceptions. The only option is for me to try to get the two year process (already underway) of her citizenship application expedited.

Of course this is what I am trying to do. I've recently become allergic to both corn and soy, the two of which, together, are in 100% of all processed food and in 90% of all medicines.

I have a friend who is a doctor and is willing to sign a letter that says my life is in danger if I continue to live in a country (China... but USA also applies) that does not have strict food and medicine labeling laws.

So right now I'm trying to get documentation together to show that I need to come home, and my daughter needs to come with me so I can support her.

*peck, peck, peck*

*blink*

Well, I woke up in a decent mood until I read the headlines on my homepage. Ugh ...

*blink*

*blink*

Well, I woke up in a decent mood until I read the headlines on my homepage. Ugh ...

*blink*

+1

Patrick Curtin wrote:

*blink*

Well, I woke up in a decent mood until I read the headlines on my homepage. Ugh ...

*blink*

+1

+2.

Well here we go....

Aaaand...to top it off, it's Monday and I've got some emails which indicate today is going to be a crap day.

So, at times like this, there's only one thing to do.....

Good morning. Sorry I missed the "everything sucks" parade a few days ago, but things went into such a spiral of suck that I was afraid my post would be sucked into the sucking void of eternal sucking. The weekend has ended with a few minor upswings in dame fortuna's attitude towards me, so I'm more or less back where I started.

So, what did I miss? Save political stuff, that is.

OK... caught up and off to bed.
Only 2 pages was a nice present, thanks guys. :)

Treppa wrote:

Moorluck wrote:

Pet shop is our term for any political or religeous thread where the trolls have taken over. My visits generally end with me telling someone off and killing one of those said trolls. ;)

Can't blame you, though I just avoid them. They make me sad and pessimistic about the human race. Kill away!

I worry that one of his tirades will get us banned from the Con. But he usually does it with class. :\

You might be surprised to learn that there was very little (if no) political talk at the Con. :)

Ahhh!!! Spring!!!

I made it back home around 7, took my kids out to dinner, then went straight to bed.

Driving 16 hours over the course of 30 hours is not something this old man can do as easily anymore.

In my opinion, nursing homes are glimpses into Hell, if ever there was one.

Solnes has rules!! I is First Lady of this thread and I have said.

NO Politics, No football (in small doses during Super bowl is Understandable), No Spiders, and no no no no no Edition Wars.

Nuff said. :D

Oops, my "live blogging" of the Super Bowl (while watching a spider spin a web and burning my 4E books) must have been a bad thing. :)

The Thing from Beyond the Edge wrote:

Mairkurion {tm} wrote:

It's sad when my daughter goes home. Next time we get a freak snow at the first of Spring, it should shut down the airport.

I miss my family.

:(

*hugs* To both of you.

+1

My son goes to college in a little over 2 years.

Solnes wrote:

Solnes has rules!! I is First Lady of this thread and I have said.

NO Politics, No football (in small doses during Super bowl is Understandable), No Spiders, and no no no no no Edition Wars.

Nuff said. :D

Oops, my "live blogging" of the Super Bowl (while watching a spider spin a web and burning my 4E books) must have been a bad thing. :)

Heh heh on that last part.

I made it back home around 7, took my kids out to dinner, then went straight to bed.

Driving 16 hours over the course of 30 hours is not something this old man can do as easily anymore.

In my opinion, nursing homes are glimpses into Hell, if ever there was one.

Holy crap. You're OLDER than me?!?!

taig wrote:

I made it back home around 7, took my kids out to dinner, then went straight to bed.

Driving 16 hours over the course of 30 hours is not something this old man can do as easily anymore.

In my opinion, nursing homes are glimpses into Hell, if ever there was one.

Holy crap. You're OLDER than me?!?!

I'll be 42 in September. How old are you?

And (more worrying) how old did you think I was? :)

My city was going to cancel funding for our city's Memorial Day parade. Through the efforts of individuals and groups it's back on!

Congrats to my daughter's dance teams for raising over a thousand dollars in a bottle return fundraiser.

There are some pretty darn good people around these parts. :)

That's really cool, E7. Restores my faith in humanity. A little bit, at least. :)

Freehold DM wrote:

taig wrote:

I made it back home around 7, took my kids out to dinner, then went straight to bed.

Driving 16 hours over the course of 30 hours is not something this old man can do as easily anymore.

In my opinion, nursing homes are glimpses into Hell, if ever there was one.

Holy crap. You're OLDER than me?!?!

I'll be 42 in September. How old are you?

And (more worrying) how old did you think I was? :)

I'm 31. I thought you were closer to my age. I don't have any kids yet, though.

Solnes wrote:

Yep, that one may be the one to get hubby in a bit of trouble.

I deleted my original response to it.

I followed the drama a little bit. His response should have been flagged and ignored. As far as I know, name-calling is disallowed on the boards. :)

taig wrote:

Freehold DM wrote:

taig wrote:

I made it back home around 7, took my kids out to dinner, then went straight to bed.

Driving 16 hours over the course of 30 hours is not something this old man can do as easily anymore.

In my opinion, nursing homes are glimpses into Hell, if ever there was one.

Holy crap. You're OLDER than me?!?!

I'll be 42 in September. How old are you?

And (more worrying) how old did you think I was? :)

I'm 31. I thought you were closer to my age. I don't have any kids yet, though.

Hee hee. 31 is kinda close to 41. We're both in the "30-45" age group.

My son is 15 and my daughter is 13. My wife and I were both 21 when we got married, so we did wait a little while before starting a family.

Freehold DM wrote:

taig wrote:

I made it back home around 7, took my kids out to dinner, then went straight to bed.

Driving 16 hours over the course of 30 hours is not something this old man can do as easily anymore.

In my opinion, nursing homes are glimpses into Hell, if ever there was one.

Holy crap. You're OLDER than me?!?!

I'll be 42 in September. How old are you?

And (more worrying) how old did you think I was? :)

Yes taig, you ARE and old fart! ~grins and runs~

The Thing from Beyond the Edge wrote:

Solnes wrote:

Yep, that one may be the one to get hubby in a bit of trouble.

I deleted my original response to it.

I followed the drama a little bit. His response should have been flagged and ignored. As far as I know, name-calling is disallowed on the boards. :)

I took my own advice. :D

taig wrote:

Freehold DM wrote:

taig wrote:

I made it back home around 7, took my kids out to dinner, then went straight to bed.

Driving 16 hours over the course of 30 hours is not something this old man can do as easily anymore.

In my opinion, nursing homes are glimpses into Hell, if ever there was one.

Holy crap. You're OLDER than me?!?!

I'll be 42 in September. How old are you?

And (more worrying) how old did you think I was? :)

Yes taig, you ARE and old fart! ~grins and runs~

You're not too far behind me, draggin! :)

Hi all! What did I miss?

Twin Agate Dragons wrote:

Patrick Curtin wrote:

• Snapdragons

Dragons are good. I like dragons of any variety.

Indeed! And I am super psyched to have gotten two tree peonies this year, the 'High Noon' and the 'Kamata Nishiki'. Most Imperial!

Scampers off to wash paws clean

I read "tree ponies" at first. :)

Kruelaid wrote:

Patrick Curtin wrote:

Kruelaid wrote:

I hate the Canadian government. What a bunch of jackasses.

O.o

Wow, not feeling patriotic today Kruelly?

Patriotic. Not a sentiment I am familiar with.

The a&*!!&%s won't allow my daughter to come to Canada while her citizenship application is being processed.

That really sux. I'm sorry, dude.

+1

That sounds totally ridiculous.

Hi all! What did I miss?

Welcome back! Did you have a good time in Cali?

In my opinion, nursing homes are glimpses into Hell, if ever there was one.

Without question. I'd sincerely prefer to be pass away at a younger age than wind up in a nursing home. Unless there were aliens cocoons in a nearby pool that gave me hardy and unexpected erections and made me a superlative break dancer.

Celestial Healer wrote:

Hi all! What did I miss?

Welcome back! Did you have a good time in Cali?

Very much so. I didn't want to come back...

taig wrote:

In my opinion, nursing homes are glimpses into Hell, if ever there was one.

Without question. I'd sincerely prefer to be pass away at a younger age than wind up in a nursing home. Unless there were aliens cocoons in a nearby pool that gave me hardy and unexpected erections and made me a superlative break dancer.

Ha. So, you'd be Hume Cronyn, then?

Bleh, work calls. I'll be back this afternoon.

The Jade wrote:

taig wrote:

In my opinion, nursing homes are glimpses into Hell, if ever there was one.

Without question. I'd sincerely prefer to be pass away at a younger age than wind up in a nursing home. Unless there were aliens cocoons in a nearby pool that gave me hardy and unexpected erections and made me a superlative break dancer.

Ha. So, you'd be Hume Cronyn, then?

Keep your candy, I'll take Jessica Tandy.

taig wrote:

Celestial Healer wrote:

Hi all! What did I miss?

Welcome back! Did you have a good time in Cali?

Very much so. I didn't want to come back...

Tanned and buff or just really really mellow?

Celestial Healer wrote:

taig wrote:

Celestial Healer wrote:

Hi all! What did I miss?

Welcome back! Did you have a good time in Cali?

Very much so. I didn't want to come back...

Tanned and buff or just really really mellow?

Heh. I did pick up a bit of a tan, but I think it would take more time and effort than I care to put into it to turn this gut into anything resembling "buff". LA is decidedly not a mellow place, unless you've got the right prescription, of course ;)

We just really liked the place, and might like to move there. Coming back to the Rust Belt was kind of a letdown. It's also supposed to snow this week :(

*sings 'we are the champions' post

Emperor7 wrote:

Kruelaid wrote:

Heathansson wrote:

Kruelaid wrote:

Patrick Curtin wrote:

Kruelaid wrote:

I hate the Canadian government. What a bunch of jackasses.

O.o

Wow, not feeling patriotic today Kruelly?

Patriotic. Not a sentiment I am familiar with.

The a*@~*&@s won't allow my daughter to come to Canada while her citizenship application is being processed.

Sorry; I didn't know that before I started talking b%*#%@*@.

Those greasy f!@~s! I hatem!!!

Canada is paranoid about anyone getting in illegally. So they make it hard for anyone (who isn't rich as s@&~). Asshat bastards.

They don't even allow short visits? Or are you trying for a temporary visa type thing? We have so much cross traffic here thru Windsor-Detroit that I don't understand the grounds this is based on. Or is it just bureaucratic BS? This really sux.

While she is applying for Canadian citizenship (and it took me three tries to get the papers in because they make up their own rules in regional offices--and keep changing them) SHE IS NOT PERMITTED TO GET A VISA ON HER PHILIPPINE PASSPORT.

There are no exceptions. The only option is for me to try to get the two year process (already underway) of her citizenship application expedited.

Of course this is what I am trying to do. I've recently become allergic to both corn and soy, the two of which, together, are in 100% of all processed food and in 90% of all medicines.

I have a friend who is a doctor and is willing to sign a letter that says my life is in danger if I continue to live in a country (China... but USA also applies) that does not have strict food and medicine labeling laws.

So right now I'm trying to get documentation together to show that I need to come home, and my daughter needs to come with me so I can support her.

Wow. So sorry. May I ask, how old is your daughter? Assuming she doesn't have dual citizenship. Are there resources on the Canada side that you can enlist for help? Again, I'm sorry. You've probably covered this ground a thousand times. I just wish I could help.

<crack knuckles> Things I need to do today and I don't wanna. What's with women and redecoration projects? And why isn't there plans for our man caves involved? It's a conspiracy, I say. A CONSPIRACY!

<mills around>

<crack knuckles> Things I need to do today and I don't wanna. What's with women and redecoration projects? And why isn't there plans for our man caves involved? It's a conspiracy, I say. A CONSPIRACY!

<mills around>

If your lady makes plan for your man cave, does it remain a man cave? Potpourri. The nuclear bomb to a man cave. :)

Urizen wrote:

<crack knuckles> Things I need to do today and I don't wanna. What's with women and redecoration projects? And why isn't there plans for our man caves involved? It's a conspiracy, I say. A CONSPIRACY!

<mills around>

If your lady makes plan for your man cave, does it remain a man cave? Potpourri. The nuclear bomb to a man cave. :)

Actually, I don't mind potpourri. If my room smells like cherries and apple pie spice, you won't hear me complain. It's just I have a mountain of books, movies, music....and she wants me to take 'em all down, remove the shelves, remove the carpet, etc. What's going to happen is less of my stuff goes back in. Says that she needs more room for her stuff. But honey, what's the rest of the house is for? Do I get more closet space in return? Nooooooooooooooooo!

:P

Man caves are usually regulated to some dank dark corner in the basement or the garage. We must rise against this atrocity! I'll have to work on my Dingoism rhetoric.

Man caves are usually regulated to some dank dark corner in the basement or the garage. We must rise against this atrocity! I'll have to work on my Dingoism rhetoric.

In my case, the basement and the garage. And, one other room which I've forcefully conquered by way of having more crap to spread around.

<crack knuckles> Things I need to do today and I don't wanna. What's with women and redecoration projects? And why isn't there plans for our man caves involved? It's a conspiracy, I say. A CONSPIRACY!

<mills around>

checks calendar HOLY CRAP! It's MARCH! SHe's gonna wanna clean and throw out stuff for once! does happy dance

While she's a germ-phobe, I'm the neat freak in the relationship.

checks calendar HOLY CRAP! It's MARCH! SHe's gonna wanna clean and throw out stuff for once! does happy dance

While she's a germ-phobe, I'm the neat freak in the relationship.

I wish I could get Mrs. Zombie to clean some of her crap up. Or, just to clean anything. Seriously. Even cleaning a fork would be an improvement.

Well, this was a pleasant surprise: Swamp drake on KQ

Thanks, Urizen, for your comments/critiques while I worked on it. :)

Congrats, taig.

You write good stuff.

Congrats, taig!

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