The Chit Chat Chit Chat Thread

[Gabe1]

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17 days until Mother's Day.

Dang that is a sweet picture!

 

[StarWarsGirl]

Yeah, I should think every teenaged girl has heard of or done the Celery Diet.
You lose weight alright. 'Cause you got a great big old belly ache from all that raw celery, and don't care to eat for the rest of the day!

Nope. Never heard of that one. Although I guess I still count as a teenaged girl since I don't technically turn 20 for six more days. So...just under the mark.

Boy, I am glad I was never one of those girls who did crash diets and such just to be cool.

 

[seahawk7]

He is under scrutiny for both his diet pill endorsements and having many followers believing it was a miracle drug. It appears it is not what it was promoted to be or so say the senators calling for his licence.

Then he had some 10 step rapid diet for mega weight loss too this year. You don't have to go hungry or skip meals.

He is really coming under fire for these weight loss endorsements basically.

Ok. Yeah I need to pay more attention to the world around me.

 

[seahawk7]

I do not make pierogi very often (it's been more than a year), but darn, they were delish.
(And by "make", I mean lightly pan fry store bought pierogi.)

Sadly, there were no onions available to fry up.
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With milk, of course.

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Yum! I love pierogis.

 

[donaldtoo]

That is a beautiful office. I like the color scheme.

Thank you! I can't complain!
The surroundings definitely help with the deadline craziness...

 

[StarWarsGirl]

Ugh. Seems one of the twin boys from Everybody Loves Raymond committed suicide today. So sad

 

[seahawk7]

Everything today will kill ya.
Everything from yesteryear will kill ya.
It's a wonder anyone makes it past the age of 40.

A little common sense and most things in moderation is probably the best practice. It's how I live anyway.

And I think it's awesome you guys run through sprinklers. I might just need to start doing that.

 

[donaldtoo]

I like the artwork!!!!!

Thanks!
Actually, the artwork is pictures of works of art...projects we've designed over the years...!

 

[seahawk7]

Celery is actually one of those foods whereby you burn more calories chewing it than it's actual calorie content.
I can see "The Celery Workout!" DVD's now...!!!
But, yes, I too would choose "The Cheeseburger Workout!"...!

By the way, eating celery helps with headaches.

 

[seahawk7]

I wish I had more color in the hallways at my work. Our school district administrator believes that white makes everything look fresh and clean and that posters add clutter. So all the hallways are bright white and very, very little decoration in the halls. It is so boring walking down the hallways, it reminds me of a prison or something. Our art teacher has asked to paint murals but is always told no.

That is too bad they won't allow the murals. They would boost people's moods.

 

[seahawk7]

My advice to the WDW version applies at DL's too...see the later show. You try to see the earlier one and you'll contend with the extreme fans who camp out hours and hours before the show for a spot (literally, like picnic blankets and dinner camping out...starting at around 3 pm).

My dad and I saw it, and we found a spot for the later show that wasn't too bad after watching fireworks. We saved our spot and alternated getting food for about 30 minutes until the show started. My mom and my brother didn't watch it. They went and rode Matterhorn and then went back to the room. We stayed, watched it, and did some other stuff. Tell ya the truth, I was just as glad not to ride Matterhorn. I'm getting too old for it at almost 20. Seriously, it hurts my back worse than the wooden roller coasters at Hershey.

Yeah at DL, we hover around during the first show and as people exit, we slip in.

 

[donaldtoo]

I am SO impressed with your offices. They are very attractive with nice colors, and I like how the pictures are arranged on the walls. The floor looks great, too. It's hard to believe those are offices, compared to where I work where everything is minimally designed for aesthetics. it's a hospital; clean and functional, but boring . . .

Thank you!
You should have seen what we had planned for our new building complex before the economy tanked in '09...!!!

 

[seahawk7]

I like the later show too. I think I read somewhere that with the new fastpass system for Fantasmic that camping out and putting down blankets isn't going to be allowed anymore. If this is true it would might help a little. I think we will try the Blue Bayou dining package and get a guaranteed fast pass for that dining section. I like how the dining packages work for World of Color, it might be a touch expensive but it gets rid of some of the stress of getting a spot.

I love the Blue Bayou. I love all of New Orleans Square.

 

[Gabe1]

I wonder if this will be his downfall, like how similar things affected. "Dr. Phil".

Odd what greed does to some and tank their reputations.

 

[seahawk7]

Ugh. Seems one of the twin boys from Everybody Loves Raymond committed suicide today. So sad

That is awful. Prayers sent to his family.

 

[donaldtoo]

Yep, goes to my opinion that guests don't have to drop all this Money at so many table service restaurants to have some "tasty" food at WDW.

You had me at the Flame Tree ribs...

 

[Gabe1]

I wish I had more color in the hallways at my work. Our school district administrator believes that white makes everything look fresh and clean and that posters add clutter. So all the hallways are bright white and very, very little decoration in the halls. It is so boring walking down the hallways, it reminds me of a prison or something. Our art teacher has asked to paint murals but is always told no.

At the time my high school was built in the mid-60's it cost more per sq ft than any other school in the country. The people who designed it built schools and prisons. The building was visually all glass with little bits of brick around doorways and such. The hallways wrapped around the glass walls and that was the only daylight. No classrooms or offices had windows as they were all on the interior of the hallways. The school was and still is very pretty but they certainly made the classrooms feel like gigantic prison cells. Everything was white too.

Our Primary building here was white walls and army green lockers. It was depressing. We got a new principal and the lockers were painted red, yellow, blue green, purple and orange. On the larger white walls above the tile were kid type murals painted by a local artist. It helped. Our middle school principal believed decorations were a distraction to the learning process and would not allow. He grew up in East Germany.

 

[Gabe1]

From March '15.
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I like him better after sunset!

 

[Gabe1]

In our school of Business, we aren't allowed to have posters on the walls. You can put them in other buildings, but not in the school of business. Apparently, the dean thinks it looks more professional.

Why do some people have to be so stuffy?

 

[donaldtoo]

My office looks like it's going to fall down anytime. No money is obviously spent towards the architecture of the buildings.

Oh my. Sympathy "like".
More companies should be attentive to their work environments. It really isn't that much more expensive, and it pays unexpected dividends in productivity, IMO.