I HATE MOVING.  Any aspect of moving including: packing, sorting, schlepping boxes from the store, deciding what to throw out, what to give away, touching up the paint on the walls, filing the zillion nail holes, letting prospective buyers look through the place and comment on my stuff, etc.  Soon it will be over--breath deeply, count backward from 100.

 

I just finished moving to a loft that is on the 3rd and 4th floor of a walkup.  The unit has central AC, but the stairwell did not.  The heat index has been over 100+ in Cincy for what seems like the past month, which only added to the usual pain.  The king size mattress was the hardest thing to deal with, weighs a ton and just flops around if you try to stand it on end.

 

That sounds exactly like my old place; it's not right off Short Vine is it?

 

Nope, it's down in OTR.

My Pet Peeve is when you call someone, listen to their phone ring 5 times, listen to their voicemail message, leave a message just to have them call back 10 minutes later to say they missed my call.  Then you say, yeah, did you get my message.  No, I just saw I missed your call.  Then I have to explain all over again.  This seriously is something that annoys the heck out of me.

 

It annoys me when people leave voicemail messages on my phone.

My Pet Peeve is when you call someone, listen to their phone ring 5 times, listen to their voicemail message, leave a message just to have them call back 10 minutes later to say they missed my call.  Then you say, yeah, did you get my message.  No, I just saw I missed your call.  Then I have to explain all over again.  This seriously is something that annoys the heck out of me.

 

It annoys me when people leave voicemail messages on my phone.

 

I get annoyed when my phone rings. Very rarely is it anyone I want to talk with, about anything I want to talk about; almost always it's family-related demands or someone wanting me to do something they haven't bothered to try to figure out for themselves. My first reaction at the ringing of my phone usually is, "Oh f**k! What in hell is it now?" Then I put on my "nice" voice and answer pleasantly, "Hi. This is Robert." Maybe I should try answering, "Yeah? What the f**k do you want this time?"

 

"Still mostly sweet, but don't push your luck or call me on the telephone."

My Pet Peeve is when you call someone, listen to their phone ring 5 times, listen to their voicemail message, leave a message just to have them call back 10 minutes later to say they missed my call.  Then you say, yeah, did you get my message.  No, I just saw I missed your call.  Then I have to explain all over again.  This seriously is something that annoys the heck out of me.

 

It annoys me when people leave voicemail messages on my phone.

 

I get annoyed when my phone rings. Very rarely is it anyone I want to talk with, about anything I want to talk about; almost always it's family-related demands or someone wanting me to do something they haven't bothered to try to figure out for themselves. My first reaction at the ringing of my phone usually is, "Oh f**k! What in hell is it now?" Then I put on my "nice" voice and answer pleasantly, "Hi. This is Robert." Maybe I should try answering, "Yeah? What the f**k do you want this time?"

 

Another classic Rob-ism!  LOVE IT!

 

Steamy 90+ degree weather! :-P

Steamy 90+ degree weather! :-P

 

Quit complaining and do something about it!

Steamy 90+ degree weather! :-P

 

i love the heat!  id rather have heat than snow.  hello, remember all those snow storms?!

Steamy 90+ degree weather! :-P

 

i love the heat!  id rather have heat than snow.  hello, remember all those snow storms?!

 

I do, and right now the thought of bundling up in a sweater / heavy coat sounds fantastic.  Bring it on.

Steamy 90+ degree weather! :P

 

i love the heat!  id rather have heat than snow.  hello, remember all those snow storms?!

 

I do, and right now the thought of bundling up in a sweater / heavy coat sounds fantastic.  Bring it on.

 

I'm thinking more along these lines

 

I'm thinking more along these lines

 

O. M. G.

 

How dare you deface Miranda!

You are a funny guy AJ...

You are a funny guy AJ...

 

That's not me. That's the poster for the upcoming sequel "The Devil Wears LL Bean"

^ Literally LOL'd

Steamy 90+ degree weather! :-P

 

i love the heat!  id rather have heat than snow.  hello, remember all those snow storms?!

 

I do, and I'm one of those crazy people who prefers a foot of snow over hot and humid weather. Mid 70s to lower 80s is my idea of perfection though.

You are a funny guy AJ...

 

That's not me. That's the poster for the upcoming sequel "The Devil Wears LL Bean"

Blasphemy

 

Steamy 90+ degree weather! :-P

 

i love the heat!  id rather have heat than snow.  hello, remember all those snow storms?!

 

I do, and I'm one of those crazy people who prefers a foot of snow over hot and humid weather. Mid 70s to lower 80s is my idea of perfection though.

 

Yes...crazy you are!

Steamy 90+ degree weather! :-P

 

i love the heat!  id rather have heat than snow.  hello, remember all those snow storms?!

 

I do, and I'm one of those crazy people who prefers a foot of snow over hot and humid weather. Mid 70s to lower 80s is my idea of perfection though.

Personally if I could find somewhere with lows in the 50s and highs in the 60s year round I'd start packing.

Steamy 90+ degree weather! :-P

 

i love the heat!  id rather have heat than snow.  hello, remember all those snow storms?!

 

I do, and I'm one of those crazy people who prefers a foot of snow over hot and humid weather. Mid 70s to lower 80s is my idea of perfection though.

 

I’m right there with you.  We rarely get a foot of snow in Cincy, but I’ll take 20 degrees over the 98 it’s been the past few days.  Anything below 20 really feels the same to me, it’s “cold.”  You put a few layers on and you’re fine, though.  Meanwhile anything over 90, or even 85 if it’s super humid (like it has been even at night here the past week or two) and it’s unbearably hot and you can only wear so few clothes to try and cope, but it’ still too hot.

You crybaby's would never survive in the Caribbean!

Nor would we want to have to try.  Put me firmly in the camp of snow is better than 100 degrees.  You can bundle up in the winter.  You can't go around naked in the summer unless you're MTS, and even then you'd still be hot (temperature wise).

You crybaby's would never survive in the Caribbean!

 

You're right. My mom is from Central America, and a couple of her siblings still live there. Just about all of them, including my mother, loves the steambath type weather. Yuck! During our visits, much to the dislike of my relatives, I did a lot of complaining about the heat, sun intensity, rain and humidity.

And speaking of complaining, mom mother has lived in CT for about 33 years now and still complains about the cold and all the snow. :roll: She always says she wants to move down to Florida or somewhere in Texas, but my dad is firmly rooted there and says he is not moving.

Nor would we want to have to try.  Put me firmly in the camp of snow is better than 100 degrees.  You can bundle up in the winter.  You can't go around naked in the summer unless you're MTS, and even then you'd still be hot (temperature wise).

Was that a left handed compliment?!lol

And speaking of complaining, mom mother has lived in CT for about 33 years now and still complains about the cold and all the snow. ::) She always says she wants to move down to Florida or somewhere in Texas, but my dad is firmly rooted there and says he is not moving.

You crybaby's would never survive in the Caribbean!

 

You're right. My mom is from Central America, and a couple of her siblings still live there. Just about all of them, including my mother, loves the steambath type weather. Yuck! During our visits, much to the dislike of my relatives, I did a lot of complaining about the heat, sun intensity, rain and humidity.

 

I love it!  I get all dark  its awesome!  My mother complains about the winter and starts the ..."back in PR, we'd be out on the beach...." my father is not having it

I would love the caribbean. Bring on the hot, baby. Never too hot for me. I have been loving this July.

You crybaby's would never survive in the Caribbean!

 

Please, it’s going to be 84 with a nice breeze in San Juan today.  It’s going to be 97 with a heat index of 100 something in Cincinnati.  I’d take a transplant any day of the week.

You crybaby's would never survive in the Caribbean!

 

Please, it’s going to be 84 with a nice breeze in San Juan today.  It’s going to be 97 with a heat index of 100 something in Cincinnati.  I’d take a transplant any day of the week.

 

Ah but the sun is more intense in PR. 

 

I would love the caribbean. Bring on the hot, baby. Never too hot for me. I have been loving this July.

Thats my girl!

 

My Pet Peeve of the day:  Interns.

 

It never fails, year...after year...after year...after year.  I have to send an intern home for inappropriate office attire.  I dont do flip flops, I dont do jeans with holes in them, I dont do short sleeve shorts.

 

I really do not understand the thought process that some 20 something use to select their outfits for work.  In all seriousness, I'm not asking or suggesting the run out and buy designer clothes, but come to work in casual attire at least.

 

A young lady in the office, wore a dress to work that is so low cut, if it had been a millimeter lower I would have seen her v-jay-jay!

 

Thing 2, took her and the manager aside and suggested she might want to go home and change before I see her.  Her manager agreed.  She got an attitude.  Then came over to me to complain about him. Thing 2, is the most laid back of all three "Things".  If Thing 1 or Original Thing 1, had seen her, they would have told her to go home on the spot.

 

I dont get you 20 something (hipsters) and your idea that your personal style should not be compromised in the work place.  Or that you're being "true" to yourself.  If you kids dont learn how to play corporate ball, you'll never get anywhere.  Its like they dont realize that not only your performance, but your appearance and how you represent the company plays a factor in how you manage your career and move up the corporate ladder.

 

I couldn't be leave she wanted me to "explain" why her outfit was inappropriate.  I has pissed me off that I spent 20 minutes out of my day to do "explain" why my office is run a certain way, but it gives me great pleasure to get into Sadie Ratliff mode and scare the living shit out of interns.  I wonder if she'll come back to work this afternoon?

 

Big Business (Bette Midler Office Scene) / Quand les jumelles s'emmèlent

Big Business: Bette Midler "Euro trash"

Big Business (Underground Scene) / Quand les jumelles s'emmèlent

I always thought that office from Big Business looked really strange -- like it was in a coal mine.

I always thought that office from Big Business looked really strange -- like it was in a coal mine.

 

That is one of my favorite movies!  Bette and Lily rocked that movie out!  I love that Sadie R. was part of the foundation for Miranda Preistly.

I posted this same quote about two years ago:

 

“Everyone is so quick to blame the absentee father, but let me tell you something: it’s casual wear that’s ruining this society.”

 

Nina Van Horn - 'Just Shoot Me'

 

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/43887669#43887669

 

I dont understand why flip flops are so popular.

I see both sides of the work attire issue, and I just don't really care one way or the other. That said, I usually err on the side of dressing up. Like wearing ties where it's fine just to wear a button-up shirt. (Unless it's hot, then I'd skip the tie and the first button.)

I dont understand why flip flops are so popular.

 

Because ohmaigod its so much easier to put on some flipflops then to get up, find some socks, find some CLEAN socks, find matching socks, find shoes, find matching shoes, and put them all on in the right order.

I posted this same quote about two years ago:

 

Everyone is so quick to blame the absentee father, but let me tell you something: its casual wear thats ruining this society.

 

Nina Van Horn - 'Just Shoot Me'

 

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/43887669#43887669

 

I dont understand why flip flops are so popular.

 

I don't either! I hate them, including on females. Out of spite, my gf bought a pair of thong sandals and a pair of UGGS, which I absolutely detest. I threw the sandals in the garbage a few weeks ago. If the UGGS weren't so expensive, I would've did the same with those.

"That is one of my favorite movies!  Bette and Lily rocked that movie out!  I love that Sadie R. was part of the foundation for Miranda Preistly."

 

Actually it was Sadie Shelton. The Ratliffs were the ones who remained in Jupiter Hollow, the Sheltons were in NYC. Not that I have every single line of that movie memorized or anything  :wink:

 

Nor would we want to have to try.  Put me firmly in the camp of snow is better than 100 degrees.  You can bundle up in the winter.  You can't go around naked in the summer unless you're MTS, and even then you'd still be hot (temperature wise).

 

I'm with you. I love going for a walk in snowstorms!

 

I end up driving everywhere in this hot weather and I wait until my car is fully air conditioned before I pull out of my building's garage. That's assuming I go out at all. Since I work at home, I've been a virtual hermit for the past two weeks in my air-conditioned condo.

 

I did go out last evening since it was only in the low-80s and drove my father around the city to see all the new construction that's been going on in the two years since he started having a period of bad health problems. He was astonished to see all the people out in Shaker Square (we ate at Yours Truly, which was a drug store and soda fountain he frequented as a boy in the 1930s), Little Italy, University Circle, CSU, Playhouse Square, East 4th, Warehouse District, Ohio City and Tremont.

 

Anyhoo, hot weather sucks because it sucks all of the energy out of me. The perfect weather? A sunny October day in the 60s and a gentle breeze freeing the first colored leaves from the trees.

"That is one of my favorite movies!  Bette and Lily rocked that movie out!  I love that Sadie R. was part of the foundation for Miranda Preistly."

 

Actually it was Sadie Shelton. The Ratliffs were the ones who remained in Jupiter Hollow, the Sheltons were in NYC. Not that I have every single line of that movie memorized or anything  ;)

 

 

Me too.  I of all people should know this!  Thanks for the correction you no good belly scraping pile of cow plop!!

 

I was so pissed, when I learned they never filmed the movie inside the actual plaza hotel.

I like hot weather better, assuming there is air conditioning available.

 

I hate shoveling snow.

I like hot weather better, assuming there is air conditioning available.

 

I hate shoveling snow.

 

Me, too -- although last year I bought a Toro electric snow thrower that actually works even better than I expected, and that has made the task much less onerous.

 

I like hot summer days; not so hot as to keep everyone indoors, but just hot enough that the runners on the greenway past my house are shirtless and shiny with sweat.

I posted this same quote about two years ago:

 

“Everyone is so quick to blame the absentee father, but let me tell you something: it’s casual wear that’s ruining this society.”

 

Nina Van Horn - 'Just Shoot Me'

 

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/43887669#43887669

 

I dont understand why flip flops are so popular.

 

They look good on girls. It's a cutesy thing associated with youth, vitality, and a carefree attitude. Guys should never wear them at any age. Mandals in general are bad news.

Honestly a man needs two pairs of shoes. Black sneakers (for dress occasions) and white ones.  :jo:

Honestly a man needs two pairs of shoes. Black sneakers (for dress occasions) and white ones.  :jo:

 

O. M. G.  Two pairs of shoes?  That is sacrilegious.

Really just one. I use a black dry-erase marker for fancy occasions.

Honestly a man needs two pairs of shoes. Black sneakers (for dress occasions) and white ones.  :jo:

 

O. M. G.  Two pairs of shoes?  That is sacrilegious.

 

That's all I have is two pairs -- black dress shoes and white tennis shoes. I do have a pair of work boots, however.  Women normally have many shoes, which is fine for women.

 

 

I hate shoveling snow.

 

So do I. I also hate cutting grass, raking leaves, etc. Answer: I live in a condo where such work is the duty of others. :)

That's all I have is two pairs -- black dress shoes and white tennis shoes. I do have a pair of work boots, however.  Women normally have many shoes, which is fine for women.

 

Im speechless!  I think I might faint.  I'm all verklempt.

 

Talk amongst yourselves. I'll give you a topic.  The jelly bean!  The Jelly Bean is neither made of jelly nor is it a bean. Discuss!

 

So do I. I also hate cutting grass, raking leaves, etc. Answer: I live in a condo where such work is the duty of others. :)

 

Now this I wholeheartedly agree with!

That's all I have is two pairs -- black dress shoes and white tennis shoes. I do have a pair of work boots, however.  Women normally have many shoes, which is fine for women.

 

Im speechless!  I think I might faint.  I'm all verklempt.

 

Talk amongst yourselves. I'll give you a topic.  The jelly bean!  The Jelly Bean is neither made of jelly nor is it a bean. Discuss!

 

 

 

So do I. I also hate cutting grass, raking leaves, etc. Answer: I live in a condo where such work is the duty of others. :)

 

Now this I wholeheartedly agree with!

 

You're both a pair of underpants wearing lily huggers. I count mowing the lawn as one of life's pleasures. There is something wholly satisfying about methodically evening the lawn, particularly in a linear fashion. And shoveling snow is good exercise. Just like deep knee bends, squat thrusts, and that machine where you put the leather belt around your stomach and jiggle your fat.

 

So do I. I also hate cutting grass, raking leaves, etc. Answer: I live in a condo where such work is the duty of others. :)

 

Now this I wholeheartedly agree with!

 

You're both a pair of underpants wearing lily huggers. I count mowing the lawn as one of life's pleasures. There is something wholly satisfying about methodically evening the lawn, particularly in a linear fashion.

 

Oh my Jesus, you sound like my dad.  He used to draw out designs, or go to the library to look up how to get a certain "cut" for the lawn.  Between his "lawn" and my moms "gardens", that some suburban brain washing!  Oh...and dont get me started on his grill!

Oh...and dont get me started on his grill!

 

does it look like this?

Oh...and dont get me started on his grill!

 

does it look like this?

ROFLMAO!  ROFLMAO!