I've been working on that huge engineering document today (the one that I've been working on all week), and I finally finished the front-end, except for some sections that I have to talk to Christine about. It is a seventeen page Visio document. The good news: it's almost completely finished. The bad news: I still have to do the massive back-end of the site. Since Christine, Krista (our lead designer), and I are going to Tucson to talk to the client on Thursday, I think I'm just going to get everyone to give feedback and comments on the finished diagram and work on the back-end one when I get back. I can't see anyway to have both finished by Wednesday.

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Please take a moment and sign a petition urging President Bush to implement and enforce existing laws, including a full investigation of wasted catch, and call on the National Marine Fisheries Service to protect ocean life. They need about 5,500 more signatures before next Monday, so every signature helps.

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Time for Phoxxe's Saturday Scruples!

1. While a house guest, you accidentally smash a clay bust of your host. It could have fallen by itself. Do you keep silent? Probably. I would be so embarrassed and feel so bad, I most likely wouldn't tell.

2. Your elderly mother-in-law doesn't like nursing homes but can't live alone. Do you invite her to live with you? Honestly, more than likely not. I would like to, but I think I am too selfish.

3. A 12 year-old girl has cancer. Her father refuses to allow chemotherapy. Instead, he believes in alternative medicine. Should the child be removed from his custody? This is a very good question. I think that it should be consided neglect and the child removed if the chemo has a good chance of saving her life. If the odds aren't very good, then no.

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Next week the UN is holding a hearing on the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW). If ratified, the treaty will strengthen women's rights in the United States as well as globally. Please take a moment and urge supportive members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to vote for CEDAW's ratification.

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An American Eskimo dog adopted two kittens, even going so far as to produce milk. I just love the picture of the dog and the kitten together. It's too cute.

(Link couresy of kd)

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I work for 4 Guys Interactive. We're a kick-ass web development company that does great work and I'm very happy to work there. We have a great website, but there is a problem with having an awesome website - people steal it!

One of our employees was doing a search today for our boss's name and came across a company called Atlantis Designs. The reason our boss's name came up on their website is that they stole our design and even some of our content (that's how Dave's name got pulled up through a search).

Now we've had lots of companies steal our design in the past, but this is the most blatant one we've ever seen. What a bunch of losers. They're a web design company, but they can't even make up their own design for their site.

4 Guys Interactive versus Atlantis Designs

See any similarities?

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Because it's almost the weekend and I'm looking forward to spending time with Steven and I love all of my readers, here's a little something for you to listen to. (Btw, if you watched the episode of The X-Files with Burt Reynolds, this is one of the songs that was played.)

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Time for Deb's Thursday Threesome!

Onesome. Parsley - does anyone really cook with this stuff?!? what is the weirdest/funniest thing you ever did with the garnish on your plate at a restaurant. I must be really boring, but I can't think of anything weird or funny I've done with the garnishes on my plate. I usually just move them to the side or to a plate somewhere not near mine.

Twosome. Sage - to whom do you turn for advice? This isn't limited to just one person but could be several different people for different situations. Mostly I ask Steven, my mom, Jeanna, and Christine for general advice. For CSS and MT advice, I ask that Scripty Goddess Kristine.

Threesome. Rosemary and Thyme - what does the name "Rosemary" mean to you and to what time frame does the memory belong? My aunt Mickey's real name is Rosemary, so whenever I hear that name I think of her. She lived next door to us since I was five and when I go to my parents' house to play dominoes, she usually comes and plays too.

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I feel like I've been running around all day and haven't gotten anything at all accomplished. I think it will be better once I get this bear of an engineering document done, but while it hangs over my head, I feel like I'm drowning.

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This is very much me.

You have high standards for yourself, and try desperately to live up to them. But when you are unable to reach those goals, you fall into a deep depression. People see you as a brilliant person, yet inside, you are full of self-doubt and fear of failure. You need to set more reasonable goals.
Your song is: About to Crash
Which degree of inner turbulence are you?
This quiz was made by Dionae

(Link courtesy of Lisa)

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Catherine asked her readers to take a quick test to see how compatible they are with her. I took the test and we are very compatible. Humor me, take the test, and post your results here so we can see how compatible we are. :-)

SimilarMinds.com Compatibility Test

Your match with Catherine you are 63% similar you are 74% complementary

How Compatible are You with me?

Update: Steven took the test and we are 74% similar and 87% complementary. Looks like we're a better match, eh, Christine? :-)

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Astros' ballpark to become Minute Maid Park. That's a joke, right? What a stupid sounding name.

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I was reading about Michele's daughter, a percussionist, this morning. I, too, was a percussionist in middle school and in high school, so today's "It's a Group Thing" term is:

A Meter of Percussionists

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I took the BLOGinality test to determine my weblogger personality type that the ever-talented Kristine created and these were the results:

My Bloginality is INTJ!!!

As an INTJ, you are Introverted, iNtuitive, Thinking, Judging. This makes your primary focus on Introverted Thinking with an Extraverted Intution.

This is defined as a NT personality, which is part of Carl Jung's Rational (Knowledge Seeking) type, and more specifically the Mastermind or Scientist.

You aren't as openly affectionate as some of you NT counterparts, and this may cause other bloggers to assume you aren't as friendly. Your ideas and actual applications for these ideas are brilliant, however, and you might be more likely to create something masterful on your journal.

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OMG. I've been working on an engineering diagram (flowchart of how the site is to be built, basically) for almost two hours and I am only on section 3.1.3.1. How can this be? Argh!

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Just in case you want to add me to your Blogrolling List but don't have that nifty little "BlogrollThis" button set up, you can click the "Blogroll Me!" link in the sidebar or simply click here.

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Jennifer Aniston is suing because a photographer with a telephoto lens scaled a neighbor's wall to take shots of her "reclining topless in her backyard, wearing only her panties."

What kills me is that the defendants argued that the photo was "newsworthy" so they should be allowed to publish it. WTF is wrong with these people? How is her lounging around topless, in her own backyard, newsworthy? I hate the paparazzi and hope she wins big time. I am glad I am not famous.

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Why, oh why, must it always be freezing at my desk? Brrrrr!

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Time for Christine's This-or-That Tuesday:

• Laptop or desktop computer?
Desktop. I just don't know if I would like a laptop all that much.
• PC or Mac?
PC. I've never even used a Mac.
• DVD or VHS?
Though I have a ton of VHS tapes (mostly at my parents' house), all I buy or rent now is DVD.
• Cell phone or regular phone?
Both, though I'm more likely to e-mail you than call you. I do notice that I spend most of my talk time on the cell.
• Satellite or cable TV?
Cable.
• X-Box or PlayStation?
Playstation. If the Playstation II drops $50 more, I may buy one.
• Netflix or video store?
Since we rarely rent movies anymore, we use the video store. If we rented more, I would do Netflix.
• Wide-screen or regular TV?
Regular, but I wish I had a wide-screen!
• Film or digital camera?
Digital, but I think I'll always have both.
• Dial-up or high-speed internet connection?
High-speed. I could never go back to a dial-up.

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Since everyone seems to love Blogrolling, I thought I'd try it out and see if I like it. It's only implemented currently in my redcap skin, but you may see it in the others soon. I must say the drag and drop a link into your list is a handy feature!

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Steven and I watched the season finale tonight of Six Feet Under and all I can say is that show is absolutely incredible. I don't want to give anything away for those who haven't seen it yet, so only read the rest of the post if you don't mind spoilers.

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Jeanna told me a great Mormon joke yesterday that she'd heard from her sister who lives in Utah (if you're Mormon, don't read it and you won't be offended).

Q: How do you know you're at a Mormon wedding?

A: The bride's not pregnant, but her mother is!

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Catherine, just wanted you to know I am thinking about you right now and sending you lots of fishy love!

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Since it seems like all I've done today is talk about Christine, I thought I'd mention that she is a BlogWhore. Go check her out and be sure to link to http://www.bobupndown.com/more/blogwhore in your own blog and mention her and her alone!

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It's Monday, so time to start the week out right with Jess's Participation Positives!

• I finished a new skin for my site. Like I really need nine skins, but I have fun making them and that's the important thing.
• I saw Jeanna yesterday, whom I hadn't seen since my birthday, and we had a fun day
• I got some good books at the half-price bookstore yesterday
• Jeanna and I got excellent seats to DCI's (Drum Corp International) The exSIGHTment of Sound
• By changing up a span tag in my index template, I was finally able to get the title and date to display the way I want in my Goldfish Crackers from Pepperidge Farm skin
• A co-worker's step-dad is probably going to buy my old computer for $400
• One of Steven's friends is interested in me doing a small, brochure-type website for him which would mean extra cash
• I have definitely seen an improvement in my weight since I started drinking water every day
• Since I made up my mind to drink eight glasses of water at work I haven't missed a single day. (Well, except when we ran out of water!)
• I love and am loved

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I made a skin a while back for Christine that features a door surrounded by flowers since she just loves images of doors. I took a little time this weekend and changed it up to fit The Neurotic Fishbowl since our blogs follow the same basic set-up. If you like, visit the door to the neurotic fishbowl that is my life.

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Here's PromoGuy's Monday Mission 2.22:

1. Who or where do you go to when you need help for web-related problems?
Christine if it's a MT question and Kristine if it's a CSS question.

2. There is a big mess of gossip going on in the blogging community due to revelations about a very popular Blogger. I got very caught up in reading all the links to links about it until I stopped myself realizing it was none of my buisiness. Do you ever get caught up in gossip, either speading it or listening to it? How does it make you feel? Or have you ever been the subject of gossip?
I am a bit gossipy, but I don't think any more than the average person. I did have something where people started spreading stuff about me on an online message board maybe four years ago and let me tell you, that was no fun.

3. In a relationship, when your other takes a dig at you (read: a fight), do you go for the jugular and get "in their face" or try to peacefully smooth things out and have a calm discussion?
Steven and I don't really do this. Our "fights" are usually pretty mild. I try not to say anything in his face because it's just not nice or good for the relationship.

4. A friend once told me "You can tell when someone is bored with what you are saying to them when they reply with 'That's interesting.'" And I have found this to be pretty dang true. How do you know when someone has lost interest in what you are saying?
They tend to get a glassy look in there eyes and not meet your own.

5. Ever get jealous of the popularity other Blogs?
Yes. I am always jealous of how many hits (and comments) Christine gets.

6. What is your favorite dirty word? (those who don't curse can pick your favorite happy word)
This one's easy. Fuck is, hands-down, my favorite dirty word.

7. (the continuing story...) OK, we are definitely doing that again. But seeing as it is nearly 6am now, how about breakfast? Anywhere you'd like to go or should we fix our own? What do you like? Or is there something else we need to do first?
I am a sucker for hotcakes and sausage from McDonald's. I say let's pick some up and go home to eat.

BONUS: What have I done to deserve this?
Since you went away I've been hanging around
I've been wondering why I'm feeling down
You went away, it should make me feel better
But I don't know, how

How I'm gonna get through
(What have I, what have I, what have I done to deserve this)
How I'm gonna get through
(What have I, what have I, what have I done to deserve this)

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My best friend Jeanna came over today and we spent the afternoon shopping at Half-Price books (evil store; don't even ask me how much I spent there!), going to the movies where we saw Insomnia (good movie, but very dark. Robin Williams was excellent as the bad guy.), and just generally caught up. We hadn't seen each other since my birthday, so it was nice to go out again. It's a shame the weekend had to end, but at least it ended with a fun day!

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Work on a new skin for The Neurotic Fishbowl or play Civization: Call To Power? What to do? What to do?

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Time for Chris's Sunday Op-Ed!

1. Muppets
What is something that I used to watch all the time as a kid but never watch now? I even used to watch The Muppet Babies cartoon.

2. Pajamas
What is something that I don't sleep in? ;-) I have, however, bought a cute boxer set from Victoria's Secret. (It's the blue and red one.)

3. Science Fiction
What is something that I love to read, but don't read as much of as I used to?

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It's late, but here's Deb's Eight From The Eighties!

1) As I look back upon my life, it's always with a sense of... pride. I was in a bad relationship, deep in debt, overweight, and unhappy. I am now in good shape, am in a great relationship, am good with money (though not that good lately!), and very happy.

2) What are you no-no-notorious for? Sadly, I would say cussing. A lot.

3) Have you found what you're looking for? For the most part. I still want a house and a lot of travel time, though!

4) Who can that be knocking at your door? Today it was Jeanna. We went to the movies and the half-price book store. It was a fun day!

5) Are you a family wo/man? Nope. I got my man. :-)

6) Girls just want to have... a happy life. I do anyway.

7) Some guys have all the... things their heart's desire. Others aren't so lucky.

8) I'm once, twice, three times a... neurotic fish girl.

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I was I had one of these as opposed to being one of these!

Which car are you?

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