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sprinkle a little on the road and >poof!<

TRAFFIC!

big cars, little cars...

even trucks!!!

BUT WAIT! THERE'S MORE!

not only does this amazing potion stop traffic!

it makes your car DIRTY!

that's right! just drive around in the potion and soon you will be in desperate need of a CAR WASH!

How much would something so magnificent set me back!

Brace yourselves!

IT'S FREE!!! (WOOO HOOO!)

Also, it is available to anyone ANYWHERE!*

I know what you're thinking. How can something so wonderful be available to an everyday shmoe like me?

Simple.

It's NATURE!

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*if the climate is temperate or warmer**, availability subject to weather conditions or acts of God
**above freezing so as to not create snow

DISCLAIMER WARNING: all-new-and-improved magical traffic potion causes, but is not limited to, increased traffic accidents, road rage, depression, increased or decreased plant growth, flooding, mudslides, long walks, decreased health and even death

spam sucks.

I need to find a good way to block spam without having to make people sign in or fill out a form...

blacklist used to work well for me when I was on MT...

I have to start looking for a good one for nucleus now...

:-(

so this weekend I was playing with my nieces and nephews at my cousin's house... they were all running around screaming asking to be thrown in the air or spun around by their ankles or being tackled...

so I'm running around with them, being the big kid I am...

I am running in the basement and there is this little plastic mat with an accompanying handrail which I suppose is for the youngsters to play as ballerinas or whatever...

flashback to physics class - any physics class - Friction: the force that opposes the relative motion or tendency of such motion of two surfaces in contact.

socks on carpet = high friction
socks on plastic mat = low friction
two-foot tall, plastic handrail = bludgeoning object

so when you are running on carpet, you expect a good deal of traction whilst running. you cannot expect the same when suddenly transitioning to plastic.

it's simple really... reduced friction, inertia, and improper weight distribution will result in (in this case) a huge bruise on the upper torso (from the handrail), a sprained thumb (from overextension during the attempt to ease the fall), and a good dose of embarassement...

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I'm going to have trouble playing octaves with my right hand for a little while.

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I really should pay more attention when I'm running around like an idiot.

so get this.

I wake up this morning - my blinds closed as is the norm and turn on headline news. robin wasn't in today, so already I'm annoyed because her subs are usually blondes and aren't nearly as cute. bob mentioned that it was going to be colder in new england, but maybe I wasn't listening or maybe he failed to mention, but whatever - it was snowing and I didn't know...

so as I'm getting dressed I'm thinking "hey, it's a little colder, so I'll wear just a sweater"

I leave the apartment without a coat.

I step out side and I notice that there is at least a couple of inches of snow on my car (which I decided not to park in the covered lot last night)

damn.

being too lazy to go back up stairs for a coat or anything, I immediately check the back seat for a snow brush...

to no avail.

check the trunk.

nope.

so I grab the newspaper they gave me and tried my best to move the snow off with that.

eh.

so, I finally leave the apartment complex and by the time I am halfway to the office I realize that I don't have my wallet.

wtf?

traffic is a bitch because the snow turned everyone in to scared grandmothers (who might very well just be concerned with not getting into an accident, but that was not my state of mind at the time) even though nothing has accumulated on the ground... I hear public saftey announcment how the state is going to be cracking down on aggressive drivers - obey the speed limits and buckle up.

well, I agree with the last one.

I get to work. I am heads down until about 1pm (which is unusual for me) and I think, due to the rumbling tummy, maybe I should go get food, and while I'm at it, go back to my apartment and get my wallet.

I walk outside.

All of the snow is gone. everything looks wet, and there is a brisk breeze.

the sun is shining as if that's what it was doing the whole time.

I roll my eyes and shake my head and walk to my car.

wtf.

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aaaand that's all.

ok...

so it's the beginning of the end...

I hope this isn't a sign of things to come, but I am officially worried.

it only affects a few of the linked websites, but that's already a few too many.

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livejournal has been blocked!

at least while I'm at the office.

the client's version of the MCP has decided to block traffic going to livejournal.

what next? xanga [eh]... blogger [GASP]?!

given that babiegoose.com is a wholly [ok - that word looks funny] owned and operated site - excluding the fact that I do not have a server hosting the site - and the fact that I should be the only person from this building/client who even goes to babiegoose.com (if I'm not, I'm worried, because I don't want my co-workers reading this) - it should be exempt from the filtering process.

if not... I don't know what I'm going to do.

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I'm sad, thinking about it.

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but I'll stop.

I need to go to work anyway. The thing is, I might be the reason livejournal got tagged... although it is a bit arrogant of me to think that I am the only one who is reading blogs from said site.

but if you could see what I see then you might think what I think...

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or not really.

whatever.