Have friends moving there soon maybe, MvdH. Will try to give you a heads up.

Posting this using free wifi on a moving bus in the Czech republic.

monkeys were snubbed for the trifecta.

you forgot to insult the monkeys.

Tell me more about this competition. Can you count activities like shopping and sleeping? What about substituting from beer to hard alcohol? How fast am I allowed to lose weight? What kind of prizes are given for the "Professional Team" division? What if I add a recovering anorexic to the team: do I get more or less points for her/his weight loss? Is this competition sponsored by Wendy's and if so, does it come with free Frosties?

Please clarify, I'm not sure if you are asking the veteran amtrak rider for his take on riding with uncivil patrons, or if you are asking the Shape Up Montana team how many exercise points you could get for said activity.

What happens if you ride amtrak with an infinite number of monkeys carrying an infinite number of iPads?

Just started a Shape Up Montana team. The competition uses the same calorie/mileage calculator that we used for the Ohler competition.

if you ride amtrak long enough, eventually one day you will break down in Mayfair and you will then have your 8 car set be pushed the last 7 miles by a fully loaded metra commuter train.

Yea, I think he went to grad school too, but I don't really have any proof.

I think Frank went to grad school at USU with a Bill McNeil.

I just talked to Bill McNeil. That totally made my day, even if he doesn't spell his name like the one on WNYX.

I thought this was an Onion article, until I remembered the site I was on. But it did remind me of this Onion newsclip

open in case of bad day.

jingle bells (49MB)

Started work....have lots of training sessions to attend...the polar opposite of the last place.

I'm now going to tell that joke in class next week.

Three statisticians went duck hunting. A duck flew out and the first statistician took a shot, the shot went a foot too high. The second statistician took his shot and the shot went a foot too low. The third statistician said, "We got it!"

your picture is not really protected or framed - it is more of a picture holder. It is mainly about attaching something to the metal piece to get it to stand on its side and hold the picture.

I need a little clarification on how the metal part of a floppy disk can be made into a picture frame.

Happy Birthday Tena Wagner!

The shredded paper to stuff a throw pillow worked pretty good. Next project is to turn the metal part of a floppy disk into a picture frame. Add a small piece of wood to hold it up and put your picture in.

Back in Mt. Pulaski. No snow left here. Could almost fool myself into thinking spring is coming.

I cut the brake lines. Wildcard...

I think I found some on Overstock.com that I am going to get

We have a broken sconce we will give you.

I could possibly have some.

no thanks on the blender, but if you have some sconces we should talk.

Ok. We can't plan that far ahead anyway. Hope to see you then.

Is anyone in need of a blender and/or a hand mixer with attachments? If not, they are going to good will on Saturday.

more toyota recalls due to sticking accelerators:

The latest recall, announced Thursday, affects the RAV4, Corolla, and Matrix models from 2009 and 2010, Avalons from model years 2005 to 2010, Camrys from 2007 to 2010, the 2010 Highlander, the 2007 to 2010 Tundra and the 2008 to 2010 Sequoias. About 1.7 million of the vehicles cited are also affected by the earlier recall.

If your vehicle starts accelerating out of control, the safest thing to do is switch to neutral.

i'm supposed to be in pittsburgh march 7-12, i will see about extending that to encompass the weekends.

again, don't get your hopes up just yet, i believe this same trip got cancelled last year.

I think we're set to get that tonight.

Got out the runway project to entertain here in Racine. Lauren was a lot more enthused about it once she saw how the projector worked! She's feeling better today so it's more about keeping entertained.

I prefer to leave the bread off and just have my turkey doused in ketchup.

our founding fathers made their ketchup from oyster juice.

Sometimes I just leave the turkey off, especially if there is none in my office refrigerator. But there is always ketchup in there!!!!