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[edogxxx]

Aisle Sitter wrote:

on naming rules in other countries:
http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/592...

And I support laws on stupid baby names.

We should start with names like "Guy" or "Bruce" or "Sally."

[PEllen]

NWmoon wrote:

<quoted text>Can't have carrots or don't like them?

I am on a 2 week induction phase of something called teh Fat Flush diet. I can't have carbs, sugars, fats, dairy and no salt added to things. Initially I can only eat 1 small carrot a day but I like them a lot so its easier to stay away altogether. After teh 1st 2 weeks they add in carrots peas and I think brown rice. No alcohol but its only for 2 weeks so I can deal.

I get lean protein, 8oz a day all teh other veggies I want, most fruits in portion sizes, eggs and specific prescribed spices. I am supposed to drink a lot of cranberry juice take fiber and flax seed oil.

It actually isn't that bad except my late afternoon snack at teh office is often a sliced apple with peanut butter and I miss that a lot.

I am going to try to make mayonnaise from my egg allotment and teh flax seed oil which I can doctor up to be a salad dressing. I am allowed Stevia and will see if I can make meringue cookies with egg whites and Stevia.

Other than the fiber capsules and the flax seed oil it is all just normal food and I can do nicely off the salad bar across teh street from the office if I don't bring my lunch.

My digestion felt better after day 2. I am waiting for a particular pair of jeans to loosen up.

[Mimi Seattle]

edogxxx wrote:

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And I support laws on stupid baby names.
We should start with names like "Guy" or "Bruce" or "Sally."

You forget to take your meds today or something?

[dahgts]

Amy

http://www.topix.com/forum/chicago/TRKQ0O8KU9...

Abby

http://www.topix.com/forum/chicago/T35PRKFS2N...

[j_m_w]

dahgts wrote:

Amy
http://www.topix.com/forum/chicago/TRKQ0O8KU9...
Abby
http://www.topix.com/forum/chicago/T35PRKFS2N...

Thanks!

[PEllen]

My new computer is ready. I have transferred all my files and my music. The new one is unplugged and off line, so as my farewell tour I an going to lots of places they tell you you should not and then I will pull the plug. Literally.

Hee hee , xxx hear I come.

Nah, maybe not.

[PEllen]

PEllen wrote:

My new computer is ready. I have transferred all my files and my music. The new one is unplugged and off line, so as my farewell tour I an going to lots of places they tell you you should not and then I will pull the plug. Literally.
Hee hee , xxx hear I come.
Nah, maybe not.

Oooo. Catharsis. Gonna pull the hard drive and get the big hammer from teh basement and pound that sucker into unreadibility ( except to the FBI who wouldn't bother with someone like me)

[edogxxx]

PEllen wrote:

Hee hee , xxx hear I come.
Nah, maybe not.

Live a little, PE!

[edogxxx]

Mimi Seattle wrote:

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You forget to take your meds today or something?

How seriously do you think people will take you if your name is Moonshadow or Suncrater? Good luck trying to close that million dollar business deal with a name like that. People with those types of names are only gonna be able to hold down four types of jobs: working in an herbal tea shop, working in a head shop, waitressing, or stripping. Now is that fair to them?

[Dahgts]

edogxxx wrote:

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How seriously do you think people will take you if your name is Moonshadow or Suncrater? Good luck trying to close that million dollar business deal with a name like that. People with those types of names are only gonna be able to hold down four types of jobs: working in an herbal tea shop, working in a head shop, waitressing, or stripping. Now is that fair to them?

I actually agree. There was a study a few years ago where duplicate resumes were sent for a good job. One had a "normal" first name and one had an ethnic name like latesha. Both qualified exactly. Guess which resume was picked. Not right but it's the way of the world, I guess.i imagine the same will be true for your examples.

[PEllen]

Dahgts wrote:

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I actually agree. There was a study a few years ago where duplicate resumes were sent for a good job. One had a "normal" first name and one had an ethnic name like latesha. Both qualified exactly. Guess which resume was picked. Not right but it's the way of the world, I guess.i imagine the same will be true for your examples.

The original book Freakonomics cited the same thing.

OMG Edog is mainstream!

[edogxxx]

I'm gonna hire someone named Shauntelisha before I hire someone named Starbreeze of the Arctic Rain.

[j_m_w]

edogxxx wrote:

I'm gonna hire someone named Shauntelisha before I hire someone named Starbreeze of the Arctic Rain.

Once I had a barista at Starbucks whose name tag read "Happiness" and she made a good frappuccino... But I guess she WAS a barista, not a VP....

[dahgts]

1/6/13

Abby:
http://www.topix.com/forum/chicago/T43VIS1ITB...

Amy:

http://www.topix.com/forum/chicago/TE37DS3UL7...

[PEllen]

dahgts wrote:

1/6/13
Abby:
http://www.topix.com/forum/chicago/T43VIS1ITB...
Amy:
http://www.topix.com/forum/chicago/TE37DS3UL7...

Thanks

[dahgts]

PEllen wrote:

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Thanks

You're welcome. Appreciate your directions. I know about the copy/paste etc. but didn't think about how to put them on a separate discussion. Just one of my many senior moments.

[PEllen]

dahgts wrote:

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You're welcome. Appreciate your directions. I know about the copy/paste etc. but didn't think about how to put them on a separate discussion. Just one of my many senior moments.

No problem. There are a ton of things about computers and smart phones that are real basic and "everyone knows" and I don't.

[PEllen]

edogxxx wrote:

I'm gonna hire someone named Shauntelisha before I hire someone named Starbreeze of the Arctic Rain.

Why? The names only reflect the flakiness of the parent, not the kid.

[RACE]

exactly, the apple does not fall far from the tree...

PEllen wrote:

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Why? The names only reflect the flakiness of the parent, not the kid.

[edogxxx]

PEllen wrote:

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Why? The names only reflect the flakiness of the parent, not the kid.

I can't go around introducing my business partner as Windmoon.