What are you doing right this minute?

[ThomWV]

Other than keeping up with whatever's been posted recently on this board, what else are you doing right now? I know all of you are muti-task-capable. I'm typing here, waiting for a batch of oatmeal/apple/alspice cookies to come out of the oven, and watching the Senate vote on C-Span 2.

How about you?

[The Straight Story]

1. Having sex

:rofl:

[TahitiNut]

17. Alone?

:evilgrin:

[The Straight Story]

20. I am cheating on my right hand with the left one

;)

[walldude]

67. Many men have become "left handed" with the advent

of internet porn. Not that I would know anything about that :hide: :)

[BoneDaddy]

70. Very adaptive

I just put the mouse on the other side.

[walldude]

73. LOL... I tried that

I kept right clicking at the wrong moment.. :rofl:

[BoneDaddy]

75. Prematuraclickulation?

I know it well, hehe.

[Missy Vixen]

24. With Matt Damon or Ben Affleck?

:rofl:

Julie

[The Straight Story]

38. Both

They wanted a Straight Story Sandwich :rofl:

[madokie]

68. one thing about them imaginary sex partners you can have 'em any way you want 'em

[bryant69]

2. I'm working (har har har) and reading The French Quarter by Herbert Asbury

And drinking soda.

Bryant
Check it out --> http://politicalcomment.blogspot.com

[terrya]

3. Sitting here at work, reading your post.

And replying to it.

[RaleighNCDUer]

43. Me too.

Shhh. Don't tell the boss.

[Javaman]

50. no, I'm reading YOUR post. nt

[Bluzmann57]

4. Reading and replying to this post

And listening to some World Boogie from a trio out of Mississippi.

[Blue_In_AK]

5. I'm typing a transcript

in a termination of parental rights case. It's pretty depressing, so I just took a break to get a cup of coffee and see what's going on here.

[displacedtexan]

6. I have six pound cakes (small ones) in the oven.

Congressman Cracker has "a hankerin" for pound cake tonight, and I
have to get the loaves packed and delivered to The Hill before 6PM.

I can't tell you his name because I signed a non-disclosure agreement.

[shireen]

40. looking for a good pound cake recipe.

could ya post it in the cooking/baking forum?

[RaleighNCDUer]

44. If they are small ones, does that mean

they are actually 1/2 pound cakes?

[displacedtexan]

78. 6 (7 oz loaves) to the recipe.

Ha!

[hootinholler]

51. Dang, what do you put in them to weigh six pounds?

:shrug:

-Hoot

[displacedtexan]

80. Wow! I really screwed up my reply post, didn't I?

I'm an idiot.

[hootinholler]

82. No you're not an idiot!

The phrasing was inevitable, my reply was just a jest.

Peace,
-Hoot

[MiniMe]

76. How do you make small 6 lb cakes?

:rofl: I know that isn't what you meant, but I did have to look at it twice.

[displacedtexan]

79. Thanks for the laugh! :)

[Warpy]

7. Contemplating lunch

and realizing I'm not hungry enough to eat any of the stuff in the cabinet or freezer, not yet. Wondering if I'll be able to eat anything by 4 PM, my cutoff point for anything but fruit and dry cereal.

Maybe this will be one of the days I just don't bother. My PB sandwich for breakfast will do me for the whole day.

[DemzRock]

8. I'm exploring the moons of Jupiter.

[Breeze54]

9. I'm listening to a soap and trying to figure out how much $ is in my wallet and

debating on whether I should go to the store now, before it rains or wait a little while. ;)

[shireen]

41. General Hospital?" What''s going on? nt

[Breeze54]

59. Um...Margie?... the one who kidnapped her 'adopted' baby got off.

2 years probation and 500 hours community service.

Ummmm... I 'heard' the rest but I was typing, so I don't recall now! :(

I have enough money for a couple of beers though! :P

:woohoo: :toast:

[TomInTib]

10. Trying to decide which songs to play tonight.

Doing a songwriters' round at Larkspur and I have a clutch of new stuff.

[L. Coyote]

11. Telling a story about a Senator, from way back in the 60s when we were kids.

drinking, eating, watching Harry on C-SPAN, keeping a dog from chasing chickens, .... thinking about what to do with the skunk in the Hen House (WH).

[AlinPA]

12. Drinking a Bombay gin martini and eating peanuts and checking my email.

[Saturday]

13. Looking at recipes on the internets. n/t

[RL3AO]

14. Watching coverage of the blackout online, surfing DU and other sites

and watching Italian football (aka soccer)

[AlinPA]

15. BTW this is a good thread. nt

[stellanoir]

16. Thinking I may need some more tomato basil soup

and need to buy cat food and that I shouldn't have woken up at 2 am as I may crash before the debate tonight.

Oh and pissing away time answering you.

:hi:

[lame54]

18. Reading a thread titled "What are you doing right this minute?"

[TahitiNut]

19. Taking blood pressure, watching CSPAN2, sipping lemonade/OJ beverage.

... and scratching crotch.

[madmom]

21. home from work-sick, have no energy to do anything else.

[shireen]

42. get well soon, madmom!

:hi:

[madmom]

47. thank you..feeling better already.

[notadmblnd]

22. just got out of the shower, going to start getting dressed

:shrug:I like to take my time.

[littlebit]

23. Playing on the internet

and watching Judge Judy. I should be finishing my painting right now. But I don't feel like it.

[bdamomma]

25. at work and in between jobs listening to Sam Seder.

[zippy890]

26. waiting to punch out of this frikkin job

hellish day at work. they all seem to be lately.
too much for 1 person to do. I'm fried.
:-(

[EFerrari]

27. Thinking about the next Siegelman essay and avoiding

my puppy who needs to go out. Watching MSNBC against my better judgment. :)

[snappyturtle]

28. Eight minutes ago I found out we're having company for dinner....

for eight people. So, I'm sitting here thinking of how to get even with my husband for setting this little soire up without talking to me first. Thank God we have a DVR.

[ThomWV]

31. Shrimp, olive oil, chop some peppers, sliver some garlic, toss it all on Anglehair

Toss in a bunch of basil, can't go wrong.

Feed 'em like they was hogs ......

[snappyturtle]

60. Oh that sounds so good! I'm having a cocktail. Have the purchases

from my husbands shopping spree are still looking for storage space. We live in a very tiny Hill Country cottage.....not suitable for entertaining...half of it is storage. Long story. Anyway, he wants to do this for his daughter...her b'day. I love impromptu with adults that I like to visit with but there are four adults (either staunch repuke or don't have a clue types) and four picky kids...two menus! I have the DVR set on one for the debate tv and if anyone touches that they're dead meat. Do I sound like a witch? Today, I am. Thanks for your menu...sounds heavenly...will use at a later date. Cheers!

[Diclotican]

48. snappyturtle

snappyturtle

I do hope you get even with your husband Snappy;). We man can be little surprising when we come home and told stories like that.. Hope your dinner goes well, and that your company would enjoy your dinner, what ever that is;) But 8 people for dinner, at 8 minutes notis, that is "little" over the top if you ask me..

DVR?. What is that? Deep freezer of some kind?

Diclotican

Sorry my bad English, not my native language

[snappyturtle]

61. HI! Diclotican....your English is fine and thanks for seeing my viewpoint!

We're grilling out....ribs and sausage links, potato salad,garden salad, rolls, hotdogs and chips for the kids. I made a large shrimp cocktail plate for before dinner and we have a cake and a pastry tray for afterwards and ice cream bars for the kids. Our dining room table has, well for one thing has no dining room and it's in storage. Where these people are going to sit beats me...It's not warm here today...very,very windy. Will be dark in an hour so we can't sit outside. It was 90 degrees F. here yesterday....warmest day ever recorded on the 25th of February. It's going to be interesting.

A DVR is for satellite tv like TIVO is for cable tv.....we can record the debate and watch it later. I've been so excited about this all day I hate to have to wait even longer to watch it!

Good to run into you again!

[Diclotican]

71. snappyturtle

snappyturtle

Good morning Snappy. That sounds good, ribs and the lot. Bad you don't have a dining rom, when you have 8 guest, but I do hope you get the dinner under way, and that everyone in the rom are feed good and nicely.. I guess you somehow manage to do that anyhow. Even that it would take some time to do it... That sound chilly indeed, when you have 90 degrees F and it is definitely to cold to sit out for dinner... It like in the 10s when it come to the Celsius ?. I am not sure, but it sound cold out... Have been pretty warm here to lately, often in the +6 C on the day... Very amazing when thinking back some years..Then it was often -30 here I live today...

Ah, a such thing. Then I know what it is.. Sorry you miss the debate then..would it been send on CNN?.. I believe I missed the debate anyway... When this type of things are been send, it is 3 or 4 in the morning here.. Very late, or very soon to look at the old TV... But I guess you would manage to get to se what it was anyway.. And you can skip the commercials too;).. The american TV are full of commercials I guess...

Good to se you too Snappy. Are here on almost daily basis, but sometimes the politic goes over my head I am afraid. So I don't coment... THe american political scene are something I have just the smallest grasp on, I am afraid, but I read and try to understand it little more.. Maybe in 2018 I have some grasp on it:evilfrown:

Diclotican

Sorry my bad English, not my native language

[snappyturtle]

83. Consider yourself lucky not to understand the American political

situation....because it's a mess! Exciting times though. I hope the world will heave a huge sigh of relief when the Americans elect a Democratic president this Fall.

I did manage to catch the debate in its entirety later in the evening. Got a bit heated but I didn't really learn anything new from either candidate. Twenty debates are too many....one or two would have suited me fine.

What's the feeling 'across the pond' about the election here? Any favorites?

Glad you come frequently to DU! Bye for now.

[Diclotican]

84. snappyturtle

snappyturtle

Ok, the political system is in that allot of mess.. Well I hope that a democratic President would be the next president. I believe in fact that for the most part the rest of the world would get a relief from the nightmare mr Bush have been for the last 8 year.. If US was to elect another "I want war to give myself a reputation" the rest of the world would for the first, shake their head in disbelief that after 8 year with a man who screw you out and down royalty now decide to get more of the same.. I don't Believe mr McCain are that a good president.. And I fear that the age are against him.. He is over 70 and would have to much to work with, if he was elected President... What US need are a younger, decent man/woman who can repair what he/she can, to minimalism what mr Bush have destroyed. The Crisis paper had a very good link to a "what if" the US was to elect a democratic president. And the president was to get out to work to working together to fix what is wrong in the US. http://www.crisispapers.org/essays7w/restoration.htm And I do hope the next president, would work hard to rebuild what is wrong with US today... Even that it would hurt, even that the EGO of america would be hurting worse than ever.. The year after Vietnam was bad.. The year, maybe the decade after mr Bush would probably be worse than the year after Mr Nixon.. It would be painful to learn that US have treated their friends allied, and others with hat much of contempt that it have been a damage it would take a generation to repair...

Hwy so many debates?.. I don't believe you can debate the case on and one even that US is a big country, with a big population... In other country they are used to mer 10 or less debates for prime minister or president... Specially in Europe where for the most part i is a race for the presidency, or a prime minister.. In the country who it is a king as head of state then.

I don't know how would be the next president. But as it looks like, Hillary R. Clinton is a favorite, even that mr Obama are to a favorite for many.. Personally I would have Edwards, or former general Wesley Clarke as president, Edwards looks like a decent man, and I hope and believe that mr Clarke have the knowledge not to alienate Europe further with an arrogant american politic. but because that they are not in the race anymore I am Little unsure how would be the democratic candidate for President.. I just hope it would be a democrat, and thar the president would try to slow down and full the gap between Europe and USA. The gap are indeed deep...And if not the next president are doing something with that gap, it would be deeper and deeper to nothing would full it again.. The Atlantic Ocean have a deep of 4.000 meters.. But I fear that the gap between US and many European country are much more for the moment :shrug: And we just have to hope, that the next president would do little more to get their friends to come over, and help US.... Even that i is not funny and would be painfull, it would be good in the end, when we maybe are better friends then before.. It is usaly that when you manage to rebuild friendship... It would be stronger, better suited to the future..

I am here, would be here for a long time. And it is good to "se" friends here on DU sometimes

Diclotican

Sorry my bad engelish, not my native language

[PDJane]

29. Drinking tea, re-reading portions of

"The Mess They Made," trying to make sense of Code Pink's latest missive to me, looking up the cheapest place to purchase a legal copy of Windows Vista, since I seem to have picked up a virus despite having virus scanners and ad blockers, and I can now only open windows in safe mode, and trying to plan the rest of my week, including tomorrow's phone calls.

[orleans]

30. getting ready to go back to work for a little while. n/t

[fed-up]

32. nuking lunch and going through crap I don't need to sell to nonexistent customers at flea market nt

[Kadie]

33. I am waiting for you to offer me a cookie.

They smell delicious!

:7

[ThomWV]

37. Its the Alspice ...

I dumped in a tablespoon of milk too, so they are chewy, not crumbly. Mmmmmmmmmmm.

[NMDemDist2]

34. Listening to Vile Kyl explain why we need to keep the troops in Iraq

and waking up from my nap.

I'm heading into the kitchen in a minute to make cookies and start dinner

[Forkboy]

35. Reading this, listening to new Hate Eternal and scratching my kitty's chin.

:)

[CaliforniaPeggy]

36. I just made a phone call...

And left my good friend a message...

Now I'm waiting for the return call!

I'm also going to print out a poem that I plan to send for publication!

:woohoo:

[shireen]

39. processing Hubble calibration images.

i take quick DU breaks during the day, few minutes at a time, to see what folks are talking about, then back to work.
And I'm listening to Sam!
:)

[Diclotican]

45. ThomWV

ThomWV

I am listing to some old Ray Charles. And some memories from the time goes by, when US was a friend to be trusted... Pity the case is not that anymore.. But I pray, and hope that one day, over the rainbow the US are to be trusted again... Even if it take some times....

Diclotican

Sorry my bad English, not my native language

ps, think I should make some late evening dinner or something like that...

[NanBo]

46. supposedly working

on s manual and some SOPs but really reading DU. This is an interesting thread to read--reminds me of the background dialog in Wings of Desire (original version) for some reason...

[here_is_to_hope]

49. Killing a fever of 103...

...serious thoughts of dying any minute....:scared:

[shireen]

52. get well soon!

I know that feeling, it's miserable. Take care ....

[PDJane]

57. Lord and Lady.......

I hope you are drinking lots of fluid and staying in! Get better quick...

[mainegreen]

53. Debugging an payment processing routine. n/t

[catnhatnh]

54. Well, if by now you mean for the last hour....

...finished shopping and picked up kerosene for the heaters.Snowstorm starting here-off loaded supplies (I killed them at the scratch and dent markdowns today)and put most of the supplies away and am now having a smoke and a beer while reading DU and planning menus....tonight, grownups TV Dinner with real mashed potatos,roast turkey breast,canned (sadly) gravy and steamed peas and carrots....tomorrow's gonna be a too large portion of marinated NY sirloin steak with baked potato topped with sour cream and chives (plus a vegetable to be named later).Since SOMETHINGS going to kill you it may as well be good food...

Editted to add-Oh yeah,tonight a nice loaf of saloio bread for sopping up gravy-whether any lasts till tomorrow is debatable.....

[countryjake]

55. Just finished spading up the rest of my winter taters...took me about 3hrs....

and helping my landlord till up our truck patch, before the rain moves in. That's been about a two-day job, now I've got mass scrubbing and storing to do. Resting my bones here, before I get back to task. I reek of compost and chicken shit and the owner of this 'puter will ream me a new one, just as soon as he smells that I've been here. Might do a bit of spicy baking before evening, too.

[L. Coyote]

56. Finished lunch, finished the story, dog hasn't eaten any chickens, skunk still the hen house.

How we gonna solve that one, without stinkin' up the hen house permanently!

[Subdivisions]

58. I am cruising DU on one machine and working on the other. n/t

[jmondine]

62. Nothing. I am, however, doing a lot Wrong this minute.

[Bzzzz]

63. Watching I.U.

play Ohio State. GO IU!!! Oh...and there's no Sampson!!!:woohoo:

[Fuzz]

64. Listening to music, playing some poker online, smoking a cigar

responding to this post, drinking some water.

[ellie]

65. I'm in my basement

studio, reading DU, watching Law & Order Criminal Intent and sewing a pair of pants. Oh yeah, and reading a magazine. Multi-tasking is an art form for me.

[madokie]

66. I've been painting the ceiling in our dining room and kitchen today

come here when I take a break like now. Yep been listening to the blues and painting all day long,

[Ikonoklast]

69. Watching Jim Lehrer

And waiting for the debate to start.

[silverweb]

72. Calculating that I have to work for another 45 minutes.

Then I'm done for the night and can quit sneaking peeks at DU in between reports! :D

[MrSlayer]

74. Trying to figure out what happened to this board.

I come on and everything is different. It's weird.

[ThomWV]

77. What the hell is this still doing here? I posted it yesterday - its a dead mouse now

Like a dead mouse in a trap, not the first thing you want to see in the morning even if you are the one who set it in motion the night before.

[Swamp Rat]

81. sleeping

[halobeam]

85. Slightly freaking out because I'm sitting with phone by my side

waiting for 4 teachers to call me back. It's been three days of my calling, emailing with no response as to test dates for my kid and getting him extra help BEFORE the exams. He was out sick 3 out of 6 weeks. They sent me a letter he's in danger of failing the year during the Feb. recess, then test him without extra help/review before an exam? Not acceptable.

I'm taking deep breaths, but I'm losing patience.

Thanks for asking, it helped to vent.

[L. Coyote]

86. Abot to start an official thread for the Bush lies in a moment