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Soda. Always. Half of Pennsylvania says pop and I hate that half. [possible exaggeration] Newark/Paterson, NJ, New York, NY, and Yonkers, NY. I was born in north Jersey and lived there until I was 14. This quiz is 3000% accurate. ;) (Page 1331!)

We use Celcius to record our daily temperature monitoring in the lab, so I'm well-versed!

I do this accidentally. Whatever I have on will end, and I won't notice... (I've noticed bad news feed posts - do not blow up this thread! pg 1318)

I was a 35 weeks baby! I just wanted out. I still hold this attitude about most things. I did develop pneumonia at only a couple of months old, which they think was related to my lungs not quite getting there since I'm unnaturally impatient, and they thought it might carry over into childhood/adult life, but I have zero…

We're going on a cruise in April and will be in Key West on my birthday. I've already declared it Key Lime Pie (and Hemmingway's House for many-toed KITTIES) Day. I love lime in all it's forms.

Dexter ended after Trinity in my world (which, the Season 4 finale could have been a fine ending for the show in my book). It got SO SO bad from Julia Styles on. (Up to 1308 - you all are on 1349)

It's only rude if they don't share. And by share I mean give it to me. What?

This week, man. I'm now 49 pages behind. Goal: Finish the last (10-12 page, but I have 2 written!) paper for my current class AND catch-up on this thread today. I'm off from work, so it's do-able! I also want to hit the gym and then go to Kohl's because I'm running out of clothes that fit properly. Billowy shirts drive me…

FYI, I'm alive. After my marathon day on Thursday, I did a whole lot of homework, and not a whole lot of anything else this weekend, so I'm way behind (30 pages kind of behind). Additionally, our network at work updated over the weekend, and the boards are now blocked (though the rest of the site seems okay), so no more…

I have a pair of flats, a pair of sneakers, and an extra pair of snow boots in my office to deal with whatever might come up, if I came to work in heels. I also have a light jacket and a fleece (mostly for the temperature in my office!), plus an old pair of jeans, socks, t-shirt, and slightly nicer shirt (for food spillage…

I can't even explain how much I just laughed at this. Confession: 9000% sure that half my friend requests didn't really process because work computer stuff and things. Oh well!

Warning: I'm about to go on a friending spree by utilizing the members of the Batcave (hence what made me post my follow-up there). Confession: I've been at work for 14 hours and I'm starting to get loopy. Stupid quarterly third shift meeting.

Generally they're unrealistic portrayals of the sport in question, but aren't SO over the top that it's obvious. So, folks who were never involved think that's how the sport actually works.

Stick It has a FANTASTIC soundtrack though!

I am all about Save the Dates so I don't have to call people and tell them when the wedding will be. Same for receiving them. Confession: I hate Hate HATE talking on the phone. If you can't text me, I'm not sure we should be friends. If we're related (and you are reasonably technology impaired), write me a letter, maybe?

I'm only having them done because they're free. And by that I mean they're included in the package to get the photographer to do my wedding. We're going way low key on them though, because I'm not entirely sure what I'm going to end up doing with them, other than using one for my Save the Dates. We did purposely pick a…

My issue with peanut butter desserts is that it's almost always a chocolate-peanut butter something or another. I fixed this for myself by making incredible peanut butter cookies (the kind designed for Hershey Kisses), and making little wells in them instead for jam. Also, we have a local place that comes to our farmer's…

My other half designed my engagement ring with help from the jeweler, based on something I said in passing two years prior to getting engaged (Which he remembered and I didn't. Yep.). It's a white gold (because, ew yellow gold) claddagh with a heart shaped diamond. He picked out the diamond and the band he liked, then they…

Confession: The weather is miserable and it's making me miserable. I want to just go home, eat a bunch of cookies, and sleep for hours. Instead, I've got a little bit of work I can do and a grad paper to write. I'm not progressing very much on either. Whoops.

She's only on vacation! I expect she'll rejoin us when she's back home.

It's really not all that exciting - just a twist on the classic spinach salad. Baby spinach, hard boiled egg, bacon bits, then I toss in banana pepper rings instead of red onion, and do a honey dijon dressing spiked with Worcestershire sauce for extra bite. And I'm going to throw in little rye chips today since I have the…

That sounds amazing. I will never understand how salad got a reputation for being boring or bland!

Confession: I've been daydreaming about the salad I plan to make for dinner since 9:30am today.

This! Lurking on the main boards can actually be incredibly informative. There are some posters who definitely know their stuff. And/or some are just hilarious. Reading the stickies and using the search function before you post are also huge helps, to see if your question has already been asked and answered 600+ times.

NSV-ish: I've made a decision. I'd set my goal at 115 (remember that I'm under 5'2"!), because that was my "normal" weight when I started college, but looking through pictures back then, I feel like I was just too thin. Not that I was ill-looking or anything like that, but it's not how I prefer to look. So, I've upped my…

Serious hugs, and repetitive mention of how we're all here if you need us.

Confession: The MFP app was being wonky last night and having issues adding things as well as closing my diary for the day. I probably would have been a bit over (we had friends over for dinner), but gave up trying to get things accurate because I was annoyed. No change in weight today from yesterday, so I think I'm good.…

I missed ONE day and had 500 posts to catch up on. What the heck, y'all? (I'm kidding. I don't say "y'all." Northeast/Mid-Atlantic born and bred.) Confession: Grad classes open today for the next quarter and I can guarantee that some of my gym time is going to suffer during the week. I'll shoot for being extra diligent…

Forte update: Super thick and creamy. No weird aftertaste, since it's actual cane sugar not sugar alcohol. I ate the whole thing, but I probably would have been satisfied with 2oz (80cal, 7.5g protein). A bit too expensive for every day (~$2.50), but I might grab a few if it were on sale. Or if the other flavors become…

We actually went to Cedar Point the week after, so he fake proposed just before we created the hill on Millennium Force. Haha.