Cocktail Party! Still Going Strong! Pushing Midnight Eastern. All you West Coasters come join in!

JM will join us as soon as she can.

Don’t forget JM’s rule- no talk about offspring.

Use F5 to refresh the page.

Let’s get this party started!

Oh, I love a party! Don't forget that we have to thank BoL aka, The Refresher for the wonderful F5 comment.

Yes, much thanks to BoL!

By the way, "howdy" Diggy!

hey guys, i'm a sporadic participant until about 10 when the forbidden topics are finally (FINALLY) down.

that includes the new kittens. they're not off limits!!

Hello there. Hey, where the hell is everybody? How are we going to break our record if no one is writing?
What's your poison this evening? I'm drinking a large, high alcohol content Russian beer. But I only have one, so then it's on to domestic. Wonderful, Pennsylvania domestic beer.

Diggy.... dare I ask? Yuengling?

Ice cold Yuengling.

Ruth, need you ask? Of course! And thanks for spelling it for me. I've only been drinking it for 14 years, you'd think I would have learned that already. That's why I always just ask for a Lager.

Ruth, you read my mind... er bottle. How I love Yuengling!

Pennsylvania also has wonderful white birch beer, for anyone on the wagon:)

It cracks me up that "lager" is PA code for a specific brand.

Oh, and this line was stolen from Joe Mama's thread last time. Just to keep everyone up to date. And so we can pretend that she's here.

Don’t worry if you lose track of a conversation – just like a IRL cocktail party the conversations tend to flow around – just start a new line and SOMEONE will jump on board!

I'm here sort of. I have to hang out 3 load of laundry and fold 3 dry loads
...but I'll be drinking and staying late hope...West coast time

Hey Bap, hey sasychica!

bap, I know you aren't talking about A-Treat. So, what brand?

Sasy, I wish i could motivate myself to hang laundry. or fold, for that matter. we just live out of the clean laundry baskets until we run out of stuff again.

The only thing that sucks about Yuengling is that there is no local distributor here. I have to have it "smuggled" back in after friends go visit there family...

Superpapa, are you in PA too? or just from here?

Super Papa, how is it you came to learn the wonders of Lager? You ain't from these parts.

Ruth- I am trying to cut our energy usage..I would rather be cool this summer so the AC wins

SP, you answered my question. yeah, that does suck. if i move to massachusetts as planned, yuengling will be the main thing i miss!

What is Yuengling? A great beer I gather.

sasy, i get that. my electric bill more than doubled in one month and i'm sure the next one will be worse.

No neither in nor from PA, Indianapolis. I was introduced to Lager by some friends from PA. Everytime they visit, they have a standing order to bring back more. Last time we got some 22 oz. bottles... kick ass!

it's a great cheap beer.

Hey everyone... I've admired the cocktail parties from the morning after, but this is my first time to be able to participate.

Got myself a frosty mug of beer and my finger on the F5! I'm ready to party! Woo!

the key is *great*...

hey PBS!

yay, PBS!

Ruth- it was 108 last week for a few days and smoky as all hell from those fires here in Northern California...I was running the Ac and the dryer all day long last week. yuck! I figure the electric bill will be close to $400 next month.

Ruth I was wondering if you got those kittens. We're going to get a cat when we move next. Sailor loves our dogs but he's a cat person.

I'm drinking diet pepsi til tomorrow's pee stick says I can booze it.

SP, I think the great AND cheap is what makes it so awesome! As good as beer that's easily $10 more a case

PBS, I'm guessing you are lacking a mafia name as well? Or were you one of the ones that got one at a later date? We'll have to wait for Joe Mama to make it offical, but start thinking about embarrassing stories to tell us.

Hey MttM!

Never heard of Yuengling either. But I'm all about some good, cheap beer!

Do you have Sierra Nevada...is it like that?

Sasy, i would literally die in that heat. I hate summer, always have.

and yes, MTM, I did get the kittens, they came home monday! Tiny little white brothers named Marshmallow and S'mores (can you tell the boys picked the names?)

Ruth... Yuengling makes me drool like Homer Simpson... arrrrgggghhhhh....

sasy, i'd say it's more like Sam Adams...

Diggy - I have no cool mafia nickname, sadly. I've been wicked jealous of them.

SP... doooooonnnnuuuuutsssss...... laaaaaggggeeerrrr....

It's not as heavy as Sierra Nevada. As much as I love beer, I'm not really a fan of that. It's a nice beer that you can drink lots of. I think I'd give it more of a Sam Adams taste, but still not as flavorful as that.

Diggy: Kutztown Soda Works

Agree with Ruth, it's similar to Sam Adams Lager

Ruth... exactly!

Hey Ruth, we both said the same beer. I think one of us owes the other one a coke.

Hey, folks! I'll be in and out, as the unmentionable still needs to be put to bed. Also, alas... I have no booze:(

Hey Stephanie!

Sorry I'm late, folks. I just had a smoke detector save our lives. Multitasking gone terribly awry.

I lived in Kutztown in a duplex built on top of the remains of the old shoe factory across the street from the college. My folks went there as well as my aunt.

I miss the Angel Eyes Cafe.

What's up Stephanie? Hey there, DB!

Hey DB, glad to hear everyone is ok! That can be scary!

I'm not that far from there. Do they ship it out anywhere else? I miss good cherry soda that you could only get from a diner. And no cherry coke, just cherry soda. Wow, now I'm nostalgic for late night diner runs.

Whoa... did you try to burn your house down, Db?

DB, I'm thinking you are going to need to expand on that story.

I'm going to admitt DB I did giggle at the multi-tasking comment after seeing your earlier thread...

Oh god, Diggy! I LOVE diner food and the diner atmosphere.

We just found a great place locally (Norma's Cafe) that rocks. The only downside is it's not open 24 hours.

whoa, DB, glad everyone's OK!!

I burnt two hotdogs on the grill today beyond recognition

Diggy, I said it first!! You owe me a coke!

and re: PBS' mafia name.... something about cement shoes?

crap. Could I just go into labour already so I can have a drink?

bbbbbuuuuuurrrrrnnnnntttt hhhhhooooottttt ddddoooogggggssss...

There's a 24 hour diner called The Anchor across the river in KY, complete with gum-snapping waitresses and jukeboxes at each table. It was SWEET.

hey wookie!

Damn, now I'm hungry.

Kutztown was great except for the fact that grass couldn't grow in our yard, we played with old shoe parts in an empty lot and I was too young to appreciate the beer.

re: PBS mafia name... does anyone already have a sleeping with the fishies type of name? "Fishy", maybe?

Who has a mafia name list?

Fishy?

*raises eyebrow*

Earlier Diggy told me to start thinking of an embarassing story. I couldn't think of anything more embarasing than this... http://offsprung.com/playground/show/5276

I would think a sleeping with the fishes name would be more like "cement crocs"

I'm trying...

Ha! SP, is that really you?!

I think JM has the Official OS Mafia Name List

Diggy: http://www.kutztownbottlingworks.com/

DANGER 1997ish IMBEDDED AUDIO ON A WEBPAGE WARNING

Super, is that actually you?!

Yep!

I think we need more drinks before the good names come out. And I don't have a list. MTtM, didn't you have one? Or shoudl we wait for Joe Mama?

Oh. My. God. I commented on that pic and everything, but had no idea that it was actually YOU!

bap that was delightful

Steph... Yeah, for the last couple of years I've been a costumed character for the Indy 500 parade. I've also been Larry the Cucumber and Garfield... I'll try to get those pics up...

So, Super Papa is Care Bear? That's a great mafia name. And I think it might be the most embarrassing one. Although Choir Boy might disagree.

I can't remember. Wasn't it Big Mama? Or was that Mamagrrl?

Hm...am I allowed to interject any input into my own mafia name?

Not that I have any...just wondering if it's an option.

Unfortunately, Cheer Bear isn't a very intimidating mafia name. We need to put a spin on it.

Larry the Cucumber, on the other hand...

SP is CareBear. I don't care how bad that sucks as a mafia name

I heart Larry the Cucumber.

SP - How hot does it get in those suits?

PBS, you can veto usually but you can't suggest.

PBS, you can add input, but you can't choose it. And you can't argue when it's chosen for you.

I think mine was Deuces or The Deuce.

At first I thought it was because of my username, but now I think it's because you people think I'm full of shit.

Sorry for the delay. F5 must refresh only in Windows browser. I was here thinking I'd killed the thread.

I put some pacifiers on the boil since I just bought them today, and forgot them. So I had a melted plastic smoke extravaganza. Didn't know a thing before my smoke detector went off. I am feeling a bit coughy but the smoke is mostly gone and the forbidden objects are in a room with a closed door and an open window, and I put a wet towel down under their door after checking on them. They are fine. I am shaking.

Do we have a "The CLeaner" yet?

arrgh, probably i'll be MIA until a little after 10 now.... you people with young kids, beware when they're old enough to stay up until 10!! Life as you know it will REALLY be over

Hasn't everyone set fire to something plastic once?

I had a roomate set a corelle plate on a burner and then turn it on. Damnthing exploded so fast it embeded shards in the wall.

Aw, DB, that must have been pretty scary! Glad everything turned out okay and everyone is fine.

Oh, Db, I did that one time! The smell was AWFUL. I also did the same thing with potpourri.

OK, I think I'm going to have to go back and look for the name list. I'll be gone a while. Wish me luck. Unless someone else already has it.

I also left one of Ana's plastic plates in the oven overnight (hiding food from the cats), and then turned it on the next day. It was her Backyardigans plate, and she was really upset.

Sorry guys... I stepped away for a second... PBS, it gets FUCKING SUPER HOT, and Indy at the end of May is hot to begin with...

I was also Fred Flinstone once... I'm working on getting photos up...

Wow, I'm dangerous in the kitchen.

I had a glowworm toy when I was a kid. You held it near a light source to charge it up, then turn off all the lights...and it glows!

Except before dinner one night I decided that the best charge would be propping it up inside the lamp on the bulb.

Halfway through dinner we got quite the surprise, but got to the burning lamp before the drapes went up.

I am really glad to know I am not the only one who has done this. I was on hold with Telehealth to ask whether I should be fretting about my children's wellbeing and got cut off TWICE. Useless fucking system. They just pumped all this money into it to make it a convenient 811 number instead of the regular 9 digits but it's more useless than before AND we still have a doctor shortage here! Priorities people!

Bap... that's funny and sad, poor little glow worm...

Link to Larry... http://offsprung.com/playground/show/6318

*laughing... so... hard at bap's gloworm story!!!*

Bap, I did something similar with Kerbangers. Remember those? Anyway, they glowed in the dark, so I hung them on my lamp. Lamps got a lot hotter than I realized. It actually melted the little handle on them.

Larry looks like he's about to lose his lunch.

Bap, no, blowing kisses. Young co-eds liked Larry!

I ruined my little pot I cook my eggs in every morning. All that is left to the soothers are the silicone bits.

Anyone else watching So You Think You Can Dance?

I'm finally going to go get a dram o' Dalwhinnie.

Oh DB Im' glad everyone's safe. I did that with some bottle nipples. Yuck!

Fred Flintstone... http://offsprung.com/playground/show/6319

I'm watching SYTYCD. Well, kinda. Ana's watching. I'm just using it to distract my kid so I can type! I should really put her to bed.

SP - Mr. Shoes is jealous.

Garfield... http://offsprung.com/playground/show/6320

Wait gloworm had to be charged? Mine had a bulb in it.

OK, this was the list before the end of the last party, so there are some people left off. I just didn't feel like reading the rest of the posts to add all of the names. If you don't like it, f off!
Alternadad – Alternadon
Bap2 – Deuces
BoL – The Refresher
Cog – Instigator
CPF = Legs
DGB = The choirboy
Diggy – The Shovel
Ellie – Mumbles the Clubber
Floor Pie – Squiggles
GG = GoGo
JM – The Professor
JTC = Johnny Pork Chop
kanachick – La Hotra
ks – The Killer Hoe
Leighbie – Alchemist
McGlory – The Peacemaker
Meghan – Cat’s PJ’s
Megling – Cha Cha d’Ice
Michael – Mr. Pink
MNM = Lorena the Butcher
Mommagrrl – The Director
MttM – The Artiste
PBM = Bean
Pete – The Closer
PF = Ginger
Ruth – Doc
Sabine Louise - Frenchy
Sadie – Needles
Sailor to the Mama – Rooster
Sally – Cat Slayer
Tommy’s Mommy – Songbird
wookie – Rug
Ylime – Knuckles
Kiwibttrflyty – Stinger
Mommy Monster – Mamma Mostro
Herasmus B Dragon - Nails

PBS- Damn straight he is! They are very fun but suck at the same time...

SP, those pics are great. Your son will be loving it in a few years!

Maybe Super Papa can be "The Dresser"?

MttM, mine had a bulb in it too. You had to squezze the chest and back very hard...

Stephanie, Thanks! I'm sure he'll love them. Soon I'll get to be in those photos with him.

What do they call the stuffed animal fetishists? Furries?

DB, there is a way to refresh on a Mac, but I don't remember what it was. If it's a pain, you can look back at the old thread and try and find it. I have a PC, so I don't pay attention. Usually it's just because I don't care to hear how much better Macs are. And even that Mac guy is getting some famous women. He just broke up with someone famous and then one of my girlfriends Kirsten Dunst was after him. Damn!

Hello Everyone! Being a West Coaster I'm fashionably late! What have I missed?

Yes, Furries. Not that I am one...

God, maybe I was just STUPID:) I could have swore it had a glow in the dark face. All this talk of 80s toys now has the theme to the LiteBrite commercial in my head.

It's not on the list yet, but I've been dubbed The Knoon. Hence the avatar.

Stephanie, that's right. I think he's a Furry! We'll save that one for JM to make sure it fits. Great idea. Too funny.

DoubleBooked: You can hold down function (fn) and hit f5.

Bap, I did have little glow worms that you held up to light and then they glowed...

will be back...

Oh, I totally think Super's name should include a "furry" reference!

Hello!

My dad had TRIPLE bypass surgery today -- and he's okay! Whew....

I drank an iced coffee with Frangelico and fat free whipped cream to celebrate.

Then I had some dark chocolate (Hersheys, 'cuz, ya know, I'm in PA).

Then I had a blueberry muffin (freshly baked by me this morning).

Then I had a bowl of Kashi Go Lean! Crunch, 'cuz, ya know, it's healthy.

:boom:

Mommagrrl explodes.

be back shortly...

bap - Thanks! Now I do, too!

"Lite Brite, Lite Brite, turn on the magic of colored lights."

...or something like that.

The Furry. I like it! SuperPapa probably doesn't:)

Mommagrrl: Dark Chocolate is also good for you. Double Whammy!

Awesome on your dad's bypass. Wishing him a swift recovery and decent hospital food.

I'm trying to work and party at the same time. It's not working.

Well at least it's my online work and I'm not trying to paint and type at the same time.

Now I know how hard you day jobbers have it.

Mommagrrl! That is awesome!

Looks like I missed alot! How does everyone keep up? I'm not even going to bother trying to read all the previous posts. It would take me all night!

Isn't it, "Lite Brite, making things with light. Lots of fun something something something-ite."

Nah, Violet, just jump right in. There are always a few convos going on at once anyway.

Yay I'm so glad it went ok MG. You and your dad have certainly been on the hive mind today.

Oh weird, I hit command f5 and now my iMac is talking to me! It's totally bizarre, but very cool.

Violet: I know, we need to bug someone to install some kind of Java chat feature. It's not hard, per se.

Violet, just read what we are writing now. And use the F5 key (on a PC) to refresh. Just find something you feel like writing back to and go ahead. And you are an early West Coaster. You realize you'll have to stay up at least another 4 hours. I hope you can pace yourself. The west coasters have to stay up until BoL wakes up.

Chat would be great.

Talking to you, Mommagrrl? Like out loud?

Lite Brite: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Huat89z2WrA

Thanks for all the good wishes, guys, and those of you who posted to my facebook wall, too!

I'm heading down to Maryland to see dad and mom on Saturday and will probably be there until Tuesday.

I just realized that this thread is titled, "Cockatail Party."

Just thought I'd point that out...

Someone did suggest an IRC chat instead of this. But that might be too geeky for some. And I haven't had IRC on a computer in many years.
Mommagrrl, how can i get my computer to talk to me? I hope yours isn't called HAL.

Oh good lord! Well I got my Kahlua and cream so I should be good!

PBS, I wasn't going to say anything.

Violet, don't try to catch up!

and mommagrrl, I'm SOOO glad your dad came out of surgery ok.

Comment thread took off but on the melted plastics topic, this is why it is handy to have a baby daddy who is a plastics and adhesives expert. His call just reassured me.

I want a mafia name! I've missed the last TWO cocktail parties.

What's IRC?

Diggy: That was me on the IRC comment. I cannot believe I didn't get crowned UberGeek for that:)

I have 3 IRC channels going on my terminal screen at all times. It gets geek guys all hot and bothered.

DB, i'm sure you'll bet a mafia name tonight. and glad you and the babies are all ok.

I don't even know what IRC is. Anybody else have the day from hell? It started out okay and then just got progressively worse. The Kahlua is helping though!

Kahlua heals all wounds, violet

IRC = Internet Relay Chat. It's what people used to do before there were a ton of other programs to chat on. And it's a geeky thing. Computer nerds still use it. You can get lots of "free" software and porn.

porn?

Wait, am I a geek or nerd? I can't ever remember.

Bap, birch beer and IRC. I'm yours.

*free*? diggy, are we talking about piracy? *gasp*

bap, go for nerd. geeks bite the heads off of chickens.

Pirates? Where?

Soory your day got crappy, Violet. Mine wasn't bad, just WEIRD. I went on a cleaning frenzy! Very weird, indeed.

Sailor, it's just sharing.
It's what we tell "those who can't be mentioned" all the time to do.

Crap. I have to put the unmentionable to bed. See y'all in a bit.

Great, thanks to Sailor's comment the LiteBrite song is out of my head in favor of X's "They Call Me Wrecking Ball" which I'm sure no one's heard of.

I brought home work to do tonight. Not sure why I did, cuse I knew I wasn't even about to do it.

So says the pirate.. I mean Sailor.

I had a great day. Sorry to gloat. But I got home from my flight about an hour earlier than usual, even though that still was at 1:30am. But I took the day off and did all of the yard work I had wanted to do for the past two months. Even though it was in the 90's. And very humid. I felt like I did something. I've missed that feeling. And now I'm drinking beer and talking to people I don't really know. What more could a boy ask for?

Violet, sorry your day sucked. what happened?

watch out Diggy, those "that must not be named" catch on pretty quick...and call you out if they are smart. Learned the hard way.

Diggy, I have an iMac. I hit Command F5 thinking it was the iMac refresh code and instead I got "voice over" which was innneresting.

>.> okay...

not that i can talk. i have so much fansubbed anime on my computer its disgusting.

hey Sailor, how are you?