I don't think I have the stamina required to start now and stay awake until midnight. I can put down some beers, but I'm not superwoman.
- Michelle Martinez
"Police went to the scene of an early-morning shooting on the city’s Far Northwest Side. The shooting happened around 4 a.m. in the 9900 block of Ramblin River Rd. near Wiseman Blvd. Police say they originally were dispatched to the home after a woman reported a shooting. The caller reported her husband had been hit in the chest. He had been apparently shot at the rear of the home and managed to get to the front, near the stairs, before collapsing. After officers arrived, neighbors told them they heard two shots being fired. It was unclear how many times the victim may have been hit."
- Michelle Martinez
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I was going to watch Robocop but realiized that I left my damh HDMI Cable in S.A w/ my 360. @CardeenMartinez is lucky that I love her enough that I left my 360 there.
- jamar78
Let's see...I like them, so yeah...it makes sense you wouldn't. LOL Is it a texture thing? Or is it the fillings? FWIW, I can't deal with Texan tamales.
- Admiral Anika
It's a taste and a texture thing, I can't stand either. The tamales that Joel's family makes aren't Texas tamales, I'm not sure what they are.
- Michelle Martinez
I know some places around here make them...weird. Like they're grainy AND soggy. GACK! And then there's the weird fillings. I feel so prissy sometimes when I have to ask them how the chicken is prepared. Some people put the chicken in tomato sauce and then stuff that in there and that's just gross.
- Admiral Anika
DO ANYBODY NO WHY MICHELLE IS REBELLING AGAINST HER HERITAGE?! :P
- JA Castillo
Acquired taste, I'm the only person in my family that can stand the taste, and sometimes I can't eat a whole one.
- Jimminy Fuller
I agree wih the good & bad tamale comment. I had a bad tamale a few days ago and it almost ruined the rest of my dinner... fortunately I had enough good stuff to go with it.
- Shawn Whitmire
I've eaten it out of a can and liked it ;)
- Rodfather
Well, no one is perfect, Michelle. :D
- Steven Perez
Pics of Tamales will be forthcoming later tonight.
- jamar78
What about chinese tamales? They're the bomb. In cantonese, it's called joong.
- imabonehead
from Android
I was just about to post this question... We are going to open ours after dinner tonight. A la Mueller family tradition.
- SAM
from iPhone
When I was a kid it was always a treat to stay up late on Christmas Eve...We'd open gifts at Midnight...have a big Christmas "dinner" and then kids would be playing w/ their new toys. Wouldn't get to bed till 2 or 3.
- jamar78
"For more than three decades, they sang Mozart in Latin, Bach in German, and Cole Porter and Stevie Wonder in English, from Alice Tully Hall in New York to Royal Albert Hall in London. For the audiences that marveled at the Boys Choir of Harlem, it was an additional wonder that the young performers with world-class voices had emerged from some of the most difficult neighborhoods of New York. December was always a busy month, as the choir toured the country’s premier concert halls and appeared on television Christmas specials. But this year, the boys are nowhere to be found. Last week, Terrance Wright, a 39-year-old choir alumnus, picked up a microphone in front of the altar of Metropolitan Community United Methodist Church in Harlem, the choir’s last home, and delivered news that surprised few people but saddened many. “Tell the people. Let it be known,” Mr. Wright said, glistening and exhausted after leading a Christmas concert by former singers in the choir. “There is no Boys and Girls Choir of Harlem.”
- Michelle Martinez
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"The choir’s last official performance was in 2007, around the time of the death of its founder, Walter J. Turnbull. But no one ever announced that it was gone. Board members and alumni had hoped to revive it, but they acknowledged last week that they had not had any success. For a famous organization that politicians had vowed would outlive its founder, it had a quiet end. Many of the...
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- Michelle Martinez
Sad news, I actually was able to see them in 2000 while at College...was an amazing show even picked up one of their CD's
- jamar78
I can speak a decent Patois accent because of Joel. (Or at least a Belizean Patois) Wha di rass?
- Michelle Martinez
You need to teach Adrian, Michelle. When he does it, I just envision a judo kick to the windpipe. =)
- Admiral Anika
*steps out of character* You know... I've trained with the best in my wanderings across Jamaica and Texas, and I believe my speech craft has reached it's zenith. *clears throat* Yawll need to have yo hearing checked in Zion... with an iron... and a Lion!
- Adrian
When Joel and I started dating, he would speak Patois and I had no idea what he was saying. Then he introduced me to his uncle who spoke Patois with a Spanish accent. I seriously felt like the whitest girl in the world.
- Michelle Martinez
I know what you mean Michelle, I was like that at first too!
- Adrian
Naw me run tings! THIS AIN'T MY FIRST RODEO!
- Adrian
My family is white, all of them. I chuckle, because I met his family, and they could seriously run a model UN. Every ethnicity is represented.
- Michelle Martinez
I love how michelle would be speaking english and out the blue she would throw in patoi throughout her sentences. LOL Caveat to Model UN statement...all the white girls in the fam have to have a bootie....sort of a undisclosed/implied one. haha
- jamar78
Haha, Joel, true. Joel's cousin is married to a white girl that has the biggest white girl booty I have ever seen.
- Michelle Martinez
Da bloody white gyal gah batty fuh days!!! Cuh set yuh drink down pon da batty ah watch it walk weh!
- jamar78
Finally someone I can understand around here! Jebus Jah!
- Adrian
I work all the way through Christmas Eve, baby; I'll take off at noon and then return in the new year, after I return from the Rose Bowl
- RAPatton
I work mon- wed then off until Jan 4
- holly
from iPhone
I work Monday, then I'm out until the 29th.
- ÉllbeeÇee
I'm working monday through thursday dayshifts.
- Beau Liening
My schedule is like Holly's. Our library in-service day is on Tuesday. For the most part, I'll be "working" Tuesday and Wednesday. On Monday the archives is open, and I know at least one person is probably coming.
- LB - all new for '10!
I am working Mon, Wed and Thursday. Had a personal day I needed to take before the end of the year.
- aden
I'm "working from home" *cough* on Monday... off until the 4th after that.
- MASTER OF THE OBVIOUS
Working Monday if the snow clears, otherwise a personal day. Working Tues-Weds. Unpaid furlough day Thurs, off Christmas. Furlough day New Years Eve. yay.
- m9m, Crone of FriendFeed
Assuming the snow goes away before Wednesday, I'm supposed to work Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, but then I'm off until Jan 4. My wife is supposed to work Monday, Tuesday and half a day Wednesday.
- Curtiss Grymala
from iPhone
Mr has to work mon & tues. He'll drive home tues night.
- R1CC1
I work every work day except Christmas.
- Derek Coward
I'm working five hours each day Monday to Thursday, Christmas Day off and then four hours on Boxing Day (wooo double time and a half)
- Bryce Roney
Working full days Mon/Tues, a half day Wed, off for Christmas Eve and Christmas, as well as the weekend. Then it's the same for the following week (though I was originally going to have it off), with days off on New Years Eve and New Years Day.
- Penguin It's Cold Outside
I do and am grateful....at least, I hope I get to work. ;)
- Melanie Reed
i do! monday through wednesday. it's ok, though, as i expect it to be very quiet, so i should be able to finish a project i've been dragging my feet on.
- Katie
At work! And not a single customer for the first hour. :( Gonna be a long day.
- Jack (a.k.a. Jeber)
It's the end of an era, I guess. Still, it's a shame that some machines still ship with HDDs and optical drives connected via a PATA-to-SATA bridge...
- Tyson Key
Yeah I still have 6 IDE drives that just won't die so still using them in an old server and external case.
- ronin
I have one of the BlacX external drive slot gizmos, that are really useful. Hot-swappable SATA drives.
- Ian May
haha I read the first comment and totally saw "LONG LIVE SATAN" goodness!
- jamar78
I answered a lot of questions about IDE in my day. Remeber the 512mb barrier? That is where OnTrack made a lot money bypassing cylinar limits in BIOS.
- Eric @ CSTechcast.com
from iPhone
Yea Carolyn...soon this will be another technology that time has forgotten...just like how I also have to explain to my kids how we used to drag needles through the gooves of vinyl discs to play music.
- Mark Krynsky
Netflix has "HD" movies that look a lot like 1080i. For streaming, they look great to us. And we haven't had any issues with jerky or pixelated playbacks. Hopefully Comcast won't start to throttle us or something if we start watching a lot of stuff. Forgot to mention that we're on a PS3.
- Ginger Makela Riker
I don't have an Xbox so my opinion is pretty much useless: it works great on the TiVo.
- Akiva Moskovitz
I think they stream at 720p. Netflix on the Xbox is great. It has a party mode which is kind of cool. You can watch movies with other people.
- Rodfather
I use the 360. I like that you can search for movies from the interface. Currently theyonly stream 720p I believe. Although can use Zune for 1080p streaming.
- jamar78
oh ok...didn't realize they went up to 1080i
- jamar78
I don't know if it's truly 1080i -- but it feels like a little better than DVD quality. And it's not like watching standard def TV on an HD TV, which is what I thought it would look like.
- Ginger Makela Riker
Interesting. I tried Netflix on TiVo. It works fine, but I'm surprised there's no way to find and play movies directly. You have to put them in your instant queue from a computer.
- Cristo
Chris, my husband said the same thing about no search. Running to your computer to find stuff isn't ideal.
- Ginger Makela Riker
I watch it on my blu-ray player - no fan sounds and pretty good quality
- Jesse Stay
Jesse, fan sounds don't bother me these days. I've got all the equipment in the media closet except for the displays. :)
- Cristo
I watch it on my Bu-ray player too but don't care for the interface. Also you can't search.
- jamar78
Cristo, ah, in that case I like the Xbox interface better because of things like the Xbox Live parties, and all-in-one solution.
- Jesse Stay
Actually, 720p, 1080i, and 1080p are all considered HD. It's just that 1080p is higher quality HD.
- Cristo
Hey, if you watch part of a Netflix Instant movie through TiVo, and you want to switch to another movie, does it remember where you were in the first movie so you can start where you left off later?
- Cristo
xbox lets you choose movies directly. Just top 50 per category but is much better than when it was nothing. I'm really happy with netflix on xbox. Netflix needs a lot more streaming content though.
- Hayes Haugen
We hooked a Mac Mini up to the TV with DVI/HDMI and run Netflix and Hulu in a web browser. Same price as an Xbox basically, and you get a whole computer, including iTunes. Highly recommended.
- DeWitt Clinton
DeWitt, how's the sofa U/X for that? Are you using the Apple remote?
- Cristo
The PS3 Netflix interface is nice. It lets you browse movies via genre, top 50, recommended, etc Quality is dependent on your connection, but I think it will do HD (720p).
- Daniel Sims
Netflix still only does 720p as far as I know.
- Alex Scoble
DeWitt, I have one of those too. It's huge though. I guess what I was asking was, can you just use Frontrow to drive watching movies, or do you need a pointing device?
- Cristo
Good question. I'm not using Frontrow. We just grab the keyboard and use the DVD player or the browser directly. I found the Frontrow UI to be too laggy to be enjoyable.
- DeWitt Clinton
The Apple TV interface seems to work fine, which I think is based on the same software. In my case, I don't really need to choose just one solution, because I have Mac mini, Xbox 360, and TiVo. I was just curious which people liked best.
- Cristo
You can also use Play On to access Netflix (along with Hulu, CBS, your local lib) through the Xbox, Wii, and PS3. It's not as nice as the Xbox interface, but it's another option.
- Rodfather
I'm thinking of dedicating an old Apple TV using Boxee for Hulu, etc, provided it's available. I don't think I'm blocked from any content, so now it just comes down to how you want to pay for it, and the UI for interacting with it. The only caveat to this would be DirecTV, which we don't have in our building. Being able to watch any NFL game would be nice.
- Cristo
I use Playon for Hulu on my Xbox - love it
- Jesse Stay
um....no right now he's trying to eat Paprika and singing "This is How We Do It" by 50. haha He does know what a video card looks like w/o me telling him.
- jamar78
Wait. your mom bought you shoes!?!?! No fair!
- Admiral Anika
I am digging those shoes! I love shoes!! Shelly always picks on me b/c of that.
- jamar78
I just realized if you got new shoes that means *I* got new shoes. Yay for big feet!
- Admiral Anika
I don't think I've ever had slip-on Clarks before, they give you a little reassuring hug at the front and let you relax in the rear. #thatswhatshesaid
- Adrian
Awwww, they're just like you! Wha...huh?
- Admiral Anika
Wha... huh? HEY! How'd you know I was going to... never mind.
- Adrian
Hear someone's west indian accent and feel it necessary to ask them where they're from specifically ot see if y'all are related.
- Rahsheen ™, Coach Rah
You start speaking what sounds like a totally different language when you get emotional, employing the use of many colorful phrases that most people can't make heads or tails of.
- Rahsheen ™, Coach Rah
I've always sucked the marrow out of lamb bones. My father and I would fight over it, if we had a leg of lamb roast on a Sunday.
- Ian May
LOL! I took Spanish in HS and kept trying to figure out why the teacher was saying it like that. WTF is a "plan-tain"? LOL
- Rahsheen ™, Coach Rah
Um. I quite enjoy conch fritters and I am not West Indian. Might I suggest "know what provisions are" as a response? My ex husband asked me to make provisions with dinner once and I was like, what the f are you talking about man?
- EricaJoy
grow up snacking on sugar cane from your uncle's yard, eating guava jam from your grandparent's trees, are the only kid at your school who eats meat patties, mango and papaya and family parties include your dad cooking a pot of curry goat in the backyard while sipping on rum punch and your auntie bringing the homemade sorrel and ginger beer. Great thread!
- Maria Niles
I can grab it from eztv as well, but sometimes it is nice to watch these things the legit way. I want to support this show so they keep making it! *Shakes fist at Jandy*
- Joe Pierce