"Argh!! I just realized responding to everyone indiv. is eating up my countdown to my 50 post limit. Sneaky!"

Limit-shmimit. If you stop posting after 50 I'm going to put all my considerable resources to bear, find you, and personally kick your azz. And if you don't think I can kick your azz, think again. Many a young undergrad has thought they could push me around in the paint while playing pickup ball in the school gym. They found out the hard way I push back, times ten.

"Huh? I was not aware you took off, Chrome. I assume with W. But you're back, right?"

You are right, I never left W, except maybe in spirit a few times. But I did have my EA at the worst possible time, while W was pregnant. Although I guess if you think about it, that is probably the most vulnerable time for a troubled marriage.

Cool stuff on that site by the way. They say words of wisdom just say what you always knew in your heart to be true.

"Are you SURE you're a physicist?"

Well, to tell you the truth I usually try to emphasize ASTROphysicist. Most physicists I know are stuck-up azzholes who go around spouting how their branch of science is the most fundamental and thus the most important. Ever hear that quote from Rutherford (early model of the atom guy). "In science there is only physics, all the rest is stamp collecting." While true to some degree (most other fields spend a lot more time categorizing than physics does), physics does its own flavor (no pun intended) of categorizing with particle physics, and the other sciences are just as capable of discovering profound truths. Anyway, you are not the first person that has been surprised I am a physicist. Most people I work with say something along the lines of "but you are so easy to get along with, most physicists I know think the world revolves around them."

"They either help on our journey alone or hinder."

I think the ones that help us the most are the ones that have the most potential to hinder.

"Mein freunde"

Ditto, especially re: BF's comments regarding Belize. Think about it. I know anonymity has its advantages, but so would sipping drinks on a beach in Caye Calker.

"And there is no such use for "short" talk apparently. You, me, BF, NOP etc. are not vertically challenged, apparently. Does this mean there's another board out there with a group of guys 5'3:?"

Yeah, and I could kick all three of your azzes at once. I seem to be stuck on azz kicking tonight. Maybe I've got some extra testosterone running around after last night. I will point out though that short people scare me. What the heck are they doing down there? I can never figure it out. They just root around doing something sneaky and then smile up at me like nothing is going on. And I can never hear what anyone is saying at parties either. I know they are all talking about me.

"At least I won't be blowing a fortune on x gifts now. Whaddaya know? A positive!"

GROAN! Don't remind me. I'm definitely not the grinchy-type, but this year we are really busting a gut trying to find ways to fit in everybody. Blech!


"Recollect me darlin, raise me to your lips, two undernourished egos, four rotating hips"

Inertia Creeps by Massive Attack