trinacriabob

:angry2: Well, then I'll only go to Montreal and forget Toronto. Just kidding, of course. So you'll be missing out on my hometown. LA can be done in a 3-day period and you can see a lot (if you skip the amusement parks/studio tours) Day one: Downtown LA major things (fairly compact), tacky Hollywood must-sees and Beverly Hills Day two: Santa Monica, Malibu and the South Bay Day three: Orange County highlights OR coastline to Santa Barbara OR Angeles Crest/nearby mountains OR other type of day trip About San Francisco, if you are there on a weekend, take the BART train UNDER THE BAY and check out the street vendors in Berkeley...a veritable time warp, with lots of tye-dye wearing people who make you wonder how they can afford to live in the Bay Area to begin with...just walk out of the BART station onto Shattuck Avenue and you will see some interesting people...I don't remember if it's on Saturday or Sunday. The Berkeley campus is also interesting, in general.

Public Storage

That's right, keep giving me dollars like the extra years on your posts on a repeated basis, and I will be able to buy a house behind gates with a circular driveway. Who knows...we might be coming to Hockessin DE and crash the gates for your 40th. Tell your wife to have cannolis ready. Nah, I still write a check a month (it's called graduate school)...but not that many years/dollar amount left on the balance.

banana

Hey, I know Villanova is a good school. I went to a Catholic undergrad and, because of the check I wrote for years after that, I became cheap. Throw grad school/a career change on top of that and I became even cheaper. I definitely would not do the private school thing again. There is no house with a gate or even a circular driveway in my future. Such is life.

Richter scale

You mean she's "pregnant, barefoot and in the kitchen?"

The dude from Lancaster, PA! Galloping Gertie...what's with that in your av? I was just there over the weekend (oh, no, you and I are telepathic)!

Happy Birthday, to you guys on both coasts!

earthquake

sugarcoat

Housewives of Atlanta

You should invite him over, PCS.

STD

Before I even read your "last post/response," I knew such a theme would follow and I was ready to ask you for a directory of Latin Masses in the U.S. so I can lift my cultural profile even higher, perhaps to match yours! Buona Pasqua, B.

Going up north where the remaining members of my family live...the once-every-3-month ritual...but will take a day for myself to go up to Canada, or somewhere, to clear my head. Well, I know it will be salmon on Friday night (Good Friday) and a brunch I don't have to pay for on Sunday morning, so not all is lost. Any plans for Easter?

Park (one of the ever-changing names for Candlestick Park in San Francisco)

deplorable

Boston Market

Awesome, guys. I appreciate it!

Motown

the 1980s

Hey gents and ladies (where's gmpg these days?) I'd like to think I'm fairly smart, but I'm always a "late adopter" (marketing term) when it comes to technology, for the pricing and for me to "get over" my lack of understanding the new technology. (Duh, I bought a 3800 OHV V6). That being said, I'm using my tax refunds to buy new hardware. Some brief questions: 1) Are the HP Pavilion desktops with Intel Dual Core or Quad Core reliable machines? Any pluses or minuses? What kinds of limitations to their use could I encounter by limiting the size of the hard drive or RAM? (I will not be getting a laptop, though my friend says they're ideal for a coffeehouse person). 2) Are the flat screen monitors in the 20" range by HP or Samsung reliable and to which a consumer ought to be indifferent? 3) I have found 2 all-in-ones I like. Both are about $300. One is the HP Photosmart and the other is an OfficePro 8500. How would you decide which to buy? Thanks. I know there are numerous tech-savvy people here.

RR Xing

What I hate is when the stupid servers try to EXPLAIN Italian food to you... and all I can think is "shut the f@#k up, I know more than you do"... but every once in a while, like the tacky Olive Garden, they get a dish right. PB, glad you enjoyed your b-day.