trinacriabob

Wow, GMPG, those are good prices and typical in the interior where there's an abundance of undeveloped land. I'm always cautious recommending that people from the coasts go inland because they tend to have a hard time adjusting. I went to grad school in the Midwest and had a tough time...not with school but with the general surroundings. I did ok with Atlanta because it was this mega-city, complete with a subway, reasonably good weather most of the year and also affordable, but not like what you have...add another $100,000 there for a decent home. Plus, in 4 hours, I could be at the beach in Florida. Add $250,000 to that for a decent home in North Central CA and add at least $ 650,000 for a decent home in North Coastal CA. That's right to Part 2. We all figure this out eventually - the "to hell with everyone else" part, but it takes a while.

No, you're actually an a$$ who, for being so bright, sells himself short

Didn't see it but know the Mormons were pissed. And I'd appreciate it if you didn't call me Bobbi. Most of the time, you have a one-track mind and that's all that seems to define you.

Mormon missionaries?

rotsa ruck

How about "NO TREE?" Bah, hambug!

Tyrone

Yes, I see, Italian generally is a mainstay up there and only because of it's annoying "trendiness" is it showing up some in LA, SF and I've even heard the smaller cities of the Central Valley of CA. Right, Spanish opens doors everywhere. Having a boss that doesn't like you is a tough situation. There's not much one can do. Still, I would hope there is an appeals type board. I would check battery before alternator. I once thought alternator when the battery was on its last legs and an honest shop told me the "battery is fried." So it cost less than $ 100. If not battery, then probably alternator.

Sorry to hear that. I don't know you, but my read is that you're conscientious and a good employee. There are so many weird people in the field and both you and reg know how much I can't stand those types, that you probably are valued more highly than them. Also, keep in mind that, in the earlier years, as you know, they don't pay interns high dollars so, if you crank out the work, you are still valuable. However, you know the "lay of the land" well and know if they were getting rid of more expensive people and/or people whose productivity was questionable. Also, you probably have a feel for how the general geographic area is doing and what's going on with other firms. Weigh all this stuff. My sense is that the economy will turn by the end of the third quarter. There's going to be a lot fo pent-up demand for everything IMO. That's not that far away and it might get a little worse before it gets better. I hope I'm right.

Uh, you're so modest. Nice picture!

That's right, Pearl Harbor Day! * Have a great birthday! *I have a friend with a Dec. 7 birthday that I tease as well. I also knew a girl with a Dec. 8 birthday, the Catholic feast day for the Immaculate Conception, and she was a slut that I ragged on.

David Copperfield

Zhivago

I think that it's sad that there has been this much erosion of market share that it's come to this and that we are never certain of how new product will be received. In Ven's post, I didn't see Pontiac. Fine, Olds is sadly gone. However, is there not room for 4 car marques in the GM stable + trucks? That is: Chevrolet = car for the masses, including Saturn/European (Opel) model type absorption Pontiac = sports cars Buick = premium (with an entry-level segment priced within) Cadillac = luxury

Barnum and Bailey

Rodeo Drive

Doesn't MikeyMo strike you as a thin, hyperactive, Energizer bunny type of horndog that'll go for any "port in the storm?" I get the feeling he doesn't take any flack from anybody. (If you don't stand up for yourself, nobody else will.) Paolo, you must deep down like living on L.I. or you would have made other plans. (All that coastline around seems pretty cool and once it gets rural further out, it's beautiful). Fuggedabout your parents. Don't you ever just tell them to go to hell? Would it have any consequences? I used to tell them off, at least once a week...."Vaffanculo." Now that I am an adult who basically raised himself, I see that it was warranted. Oh, and as for tenure, if you have great student feedback, isn't that what ensures it, along with some committee, rather than some sole douche bag? You're in secondary education...I really feel for the geeks in research oriented 4-year universities...the thought of a steady stream of research and article writing in field(s) that did not interest me beyond their vocational value made my stomach So, what's up with this weird tenure mechanism? So, come on, you have a job, a car, friends, irritating parent(s) that presumably live nearby and a dog! Cheer up!

obese

Or a Saturn Aura on steroids...

What's the rage about? That blonde poon no longer finds him a good catch?

low visibility

Would most guys want to "bone" that? NOT. Is that Adele Naudee Santos, or whatever her name is, from Argentina or Brazil? She always reminded me of a coconut with a grass-skirt type mop on her head. Or is that Robert Venturi's wife? One feminist chick in architecture school resented that moniker as if she was "a possession," so someone (another guy in that studio) then referred to Venturi's wife as "the little woman" to piss her off even more.

This is hysterically funny, though the bottom of the list (# 115) would be at the top of the list for me. There are too many to digest, so I'll have to think about this. A lot of the things are granolafied, so it makes sense they attract white folks since, besides Tracy Chapman, there aren't many black granolas.

DVT deep venous thrombosis

Scumbag. Lose the key.