Don't get me wrong, I heart my compy. It helps me get my work done. It stores my music. It keeps me company on my lunch break and frees me from the ball and chain of my desk. It makes me happy.
But it is a big whiner.
For example:
OH MY GOD! I THINK I NEED A SCAN! VIRUS SCAN IS NOT UP TO DATE!! I NEED A SCAN! SOMEONE RUN A COMPLETE SYSTEM SCAN ON MY HARD DRIVE! I NEED IMMEDIATE ATTENTION! SOMEONE'S BEEN GIVING ME COOKIES! YOU'VE GOT TO HELP ME! STRANGERS HAVE BEEN HANDING ME COOKIES AS I PASS BY! HELP! HELP!
or
THERE ARE UNUSED ICONS ON YOUR DESKTOP! WHAT SHOULD I DO?!? THERE ARE UNUSED ICONS ON THIS DESKTOP. THEY ARE EVERYWHERE!!
or
YOU SKIPPED SOME OF THESE TRACKS DURING PLAYBACK! WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO DO WITH THEM? WHERE SHOULD I PUT THEM! OH, HELP, HELP, WHAT SHOULD I DO?!?
or
iTUNES IS NOT MY DEFAULT PLAYER! DON'T YOU THINK iTUNES SHOULD BE MY DEFAULT PLAYER? WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE iTUNES YOUR DEFAULT PLAYER NOW? HOW ABOUT NOW? WOULD YOU LIKE TO TRANSFER ALL YOUR MUSIC TO iTUNES AND MAKE iTUNES YOUR DEFAULT PLAYER NOW?
or
MEMORY ERROR WILL TERMINATE. I CAN'T SAVE WHATEVER YOU JUST DID! IT'S GONE; IT'S GONE!
Whatever that one means. As you can see, my computer is a whiner. But at least it's entertaining. ;)
Hi all. I am on a quest to find a Christmas gift for my mother. She wants a dish just like this one, only it needs to be longer and wider. It's about the right depth, though it could even be an inch deep rather than two. She has one, but the coating is coming off, so she needs a new one. It doesn't even have to be this pattern, but the specs do need to be as follows:
Non stick
Glass
Approx. 9X13 (and 1 to 2 inches deep)
microwavable
oven friendly
available to purchase
Just so that you know, my sister and I have looked in all the usual places, such as Khol's, Penny's, Target, Yonkers, Dillards, KMart, Wal Mart, ebay, amazon, several kitchen specialty stores, google, and so forth. I even looked in Cub. We bought the pan in the link because my sister thought it was bigger (she was so excited by the picture that she forgot to read the words). Also, you should know that Pyrex and Corning are not non stick unless they are listed as such. Basically, any dish that does not say non stick is not non stick.
Basically, I am looking for one or both of the following pieces of information. Ideally, if you know where I could buy one, that would make my life since I've been looking for over a week.
Failing that, however, I would be satisfied to know the brand. I don't think Pyrex is the actual brand because I think we'd have found it on an antique site by now. (I had a similar experience with some other dishes this summer. Once I found the brand name, I had lots of hits. Before that, I couldn't find anything.)
We would settle for knowing where we could find a dish called Pyrex Clear Advantage, which was a non-stick glass pan sold in the 80s. We found a past listing (for one located in Singapore) on a Yahoo auction site.
Thanks for your help.
Because You Asked about the Line between Prose and Poetry
By Howard Nemerov
Sparrows were feeding in a freezing drizzle
That while you watched turned into pieces of snow
Riding a gradient invisible
From silver aslant to random, white, and slow.
There came a moment that you couldn't tell.
And then they clearly flew instead of fell.