So I made it to the Southwick Zoo in Mendon. I am sorry to report that there was no 9622.net brick to be found. The complete saga, with pictures, is here.
The nice lady in the office said she didn't know why our brick wouldn't have been installed, but that she would check on it when she went into Boston next week. Apparently, all the brick administration work is handled in Boston. Lupo, I left your name as the possible original contact person, and I also left my name and phone number.
It was only a little bit embarrassing to try to explain why someone wanted "WWW.9622.net" on a brick.
Posted by yhbc at October 22, 2005 01:58 PMAh, commish. Good on you for checking it out.
I suspect the pandas.
Posted by: kaf on October 22, 2005 03:17 PMSonofabitch.
I'm SO glad you went, commish. I've been laid out all week with illness and, while I was planning to drag myself down there tomorrow, I really wasn't looking forward to it.
I'll call the monkey people on Monday.
Fucking pandas.
Posted by: jpoulos on October 22, 2005 05:07 PMNot only did the brick not arrive, but ebk spawned. The world's just fucked.
By which I mean...congrats, ebk!
Posted by: ufez on October 22, 2005 09:52 PMDIRTY ROTTEN BASTARDS!
I SAY WE TEAR THE JOINT APART AND SET THE ANIMALS FREE TO FEED UPON THE FLESH OF THEIR KEEPERS!
Posted by: Crash on October 22, 2005 10:15 PMDAMNIT CRASH JUST REMINDED ME I WAS SO BUSY LOOKING FOR BRICKS I MISSED CAPSLOCK DAY!!!
eyeballkid had a baby? I need more information. I didn't even know he was pregnant.
Posted by: yhbc on October 22, 2005 10:19 PMWell, he hid it really well.
Little D's really cute. (So is he "Eyeballkidkid" or "Eyeballkid 2.0"?)
Posted by: aine42 on October 22, 2005 10:56 PMEBK: that's a good looking kid. Congratulations, Papa! You may now officially begin smoking a pipe, telling windy stories about how much better shit used to be, and complaining about that maniac from two streets over who drives, like, 40 fucking miles an hour through the neighborhood - is he nuts or what?? Someone should say something.
Apropos of nada: two pocket New Testaments, one of those Daily Affirmation things, and a Book of Mormon on the train today (along with Mr. Chatty next to me, who explained to me the ins and outs of DVD duping across continental lines, which apparently is not quite as simple as has been previously thought). My Infernal Masters tell me it's "a coincidence," but somehow I can't help but think they're not giving me the whole story.
Mo' nada: Since when did we sponsor a brick at a zoo? Was I on sabbatical or something?
Posted by: Fes on October 24, 2005 09:16 AMP'raps, Fes. It started way back in July of 2002, and here's the donation page jpoulos set up at the time.
And, congrats to ebk and ms. ebk!
Posted by: yhbc on October 24, 2005 10:18 AM* vibrates into being, astrally projects, whatever *
Would it kill either of you to make one cameo appearance, especially in light of Chef's excellent riposte?
Posted by: yhbc on October 25, 2005 12:21 AMIt's TJ! Get the industrial cleanser. The boy looks thirsty.
Posted by: kaf on October 25, 2005 08:42 PMI did not get a ticket on the way home from work tonight.
I'm just saying, because I drove home in my bra. This was a first for me. I surrendered the sweater I was wearing at the cleaners, and had to make do without it. Which would have been the perfect time to get hit by a bus and have some explaining to do.
Dodged that bullet.
Posted by: tizzie on October 25, 2005 09:31 PMIs it illegal in Kentucky to drive home without a shirt on? I'd think there'd be a lot of tickets being handed out, albeit mostly to men.
Posted by: dana on October 25, 2005 10:03 PMi knew there were reasons i had to visit tonight. first of all, no monkey brick? i sense a scandal of valerie plame proportions.
second of all, anytime the book of mormon is mentioned, i have to spank someone. lucky me.
and lastly, i finished graduate school and i'm heading back to new york. i am officially a master. lock up your daughters.
Posted by: witchstone on October 26, 2005 03:57 AMAlso: Tizzie-lou. I'm not quite clear about this.
You were at the cleaners. You decided to clean THE SWEATER YOU WERE WEARING. So, you just...
Wasn't this a "Seinfeld" plotline?
Posted by: ColdChef on October 26, 2005 08:11 AMI'm pretty sure the feminine version of Master is, ah, hmm...
...Mistress.
Welcome back :D
Posted by: Fes on October 26, 2005 09:55 AMi bless the rains down in africa
i bless the rains down in africa
i bless the ra--
oh, excuse me. i thought i was alone. want to hear something really embarrassing? the other day i tried to get to this site and it had been so long i put in 9633.net and couldn't figure out where y'all had gone.
wait a minute, ebk has a BABY? is that legal? congratulations!
Posted by: witchstone on October 26, 2005 01:48 PMwait a minute, ebk has a BABY? is that legal? congratulations!
In a word, no. Shhhhhh.
Good to see you back witchstone. Is this just the week people come back to MeFi-related websites after prolonged absences? Did I get the memo? (I must have, I'm back here again!)
*wanders off to sleep while Little D catches a few zzz*
Posted by: eyeballkid on October 26, 2005 03:06 PM*waves, fully clothed*
WoooHOOO Witchy! It's great to hear of your success. When you fly back across the country, I'll buy ya another beer.
Posted by: tizzie on October 26, 2005 04:38 PMSo what's been going on, apparently I've been gone for awhile.. and why does this room smell of faintly of ether?
Posted by: tj on October 26, 2005 05:17 PMtizzie, i'd like to think i was responsible for you driving home in your bra, but i think it has more to do with kentucky.
Posted by: witchstone on October 26, 2005 05:38 PM"So what's been going on..."
Last week I turned 38, today is my 20th wedding anniversary.
So nothing much, really.
Posted by: Crash on October 26, 2005 06:21 PMYipes. It's my fifth wedding anniversary on Friday. I believe the traditional gift is...a fifth.
Posted by: kaf on October 26, 2005 06:51 PMI think the traditional 20th anniversary gift is a tossed salad.
At least I'm hoping it is.
Posted by: Crash on October 26, 2005 07:26 PMNow THAT'S a mental picture we've all been waiting for! Thank you.
Posted by: ColdChef on October 26, 2005 09:51 PMI EAT BABUES!
no wait, that shit was all the rage last week, wasn't it?
Posted by: stavrosthewonderchicken on October 27, 2005 08:35 AMOr, of course, there's always the cult thread's next door neighbor.
Posted by: ColdChef on October 27, 2005 11:09 AMI heard the Wonderchicken's voice. He sounds like a cowboy.
Posted by: tizzie on October 28, 2005 03:35 PMhas anyone else had babies in the past couple of years? dear god, the things i've missed!
Posted by: witchstone on October 28, 2005 05:16 PMI spawned a girl child. She looks somewhat like Bono.
Posted by: ColdChef on October 28, 2005 06:31 PMI'm sorry, "spawned" makes me think ColdChef is leaping from step to step on the great salmon ladders of the rivers of the Pacific Northwest before releasing a torrent of ...
I can't go on.
awww, coldchef. that poor little girl has no idea what she's in for.
Posted by: witchstone on October 28, 2005 10:18 PMGreetings to all...we are sitting in a restaurant with Mr. and Mrs. Esque. We aren't drubk (yet), but we're getting to limber.
Chico and I are about to take them to see the drag queens, but since Halloween is fast approaching, the signal-to-noise ratio is a bit skewed...
Posted by: Vidiot on October 29, 2005 10:11 PMNone of us that don't live in New York are jealous or anything.
Naah. Hell, we have Chee-tos. We don't need your fancy restarurants that never close and drag queens on every corner. Nope.
Posted by: yhbc on October 29, 2005 11:17 PMHope you said hi to the esques on my behalf. I'm still too debilitated for a legnthy night out as I informed him. If he'd arrived in town two weeks or so later I'd have tortured his gullet and liver with gusto, but for now I'll just lounge here in my snowflake patterned pajama pants and raise a bud skyward in your name.
Posted by: jonmc on October 29, 2005 11:29 PMJon, I hate to say it, but by just lounging around in snowflake patterned pajama pants and drinking beer you're really letting those of that don't live in NY down.
Because, technically, that's our job.
Posted by: yhbc on October 29, 2005 11:50 PMSo where are the photos of escapades with the esques? Those of us in patterned jammie pants land want to see what fun we're missing.
(and just fyi, while my pajama pants may be boring old grey, my slippers have sock monkeys on them.)
Posted by: aine42 on October 30, 2005 07:40 PMOh, hell. I'm bored, I've got a credit card, and I've just found this site.
There goes rent money.
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