It's been 5 years... wow. (2061 hits)
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Submitted by Razor <Jeremy_21117.at.hotmail.com> (View user info) at 2007-06-12 12:14:20 EDT
Everyone wish Annie a happy fifth birthday!
On a coincidental note, it's also 5 years and 1 day ago that I signed up to Ubersite (I know what my user info says, trust me it's 6/11, I was dicking around on Uber when Firefly went into labor, it has to do with an old bug from years ago that the date is wrong), although really I've been on Uber since March of 2002 so I suppose it's not really my five year anything with Ubersite, although it kind of is.
Anyway, happy birthday kid, you've been a blessing to me since the day you came into being and I have enjoyed watching you grow through the early parts of your life. I can't help but think today is really less significant in terms of benchmarks than when you start kindergarten next month, but it is a day we recognize.
Enjoy it kid, it only gets rougher from here on out.
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Submitted by sky (user info) at 2007-07-18 08:52:31 EDT (#)
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yay! babies.
I'm in the process of quitting my job (giving notice this week or next, depending on the new contract) and rediscovered übersite. I think the last time I participated here was maybe 4 years ago? What a blessing übersite was in my last boring job I wanted to leave. And what a great dad/übersiter Razor has been.
sky
Submitted by Merlina (user info) at 2007-06-14 16:47:18 EDT (#)
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Annie is beautiful.
+2 beautiful Annie
Submitted by wookie (user info) at 2007-06-14 14:36:45 EDT (#)
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On a random note, to any Buddhists out there... is it not true that you also gain joy from attachment? Wouldn't removing yourself completely from attachment not only prevent suffering but also prevent joy? Is that worth the tradeoff? Why is it assumed we need to avoid suffering anyway?
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You don't gain joy from attachment to things, you gain joy despite attachment. The qualities of the thing itself, and the way you respond to them, provide the joy. The attachment to that thing provides the suffering when that thing is no longer present. The goal is to enjoy things, to derive pleasure from them, without being attached to them, so that you do not suffer when they are not there.
Whether you're talking about your daughter, or a beautiful summer day, or your favorite food--I think the Buddha himself would say you should certainly enjoy those things and revel in that joy. But, you shouldn't be "attached" to that joy nor the things that cause joy, because none of them will be around forever. Impermanence leads to dukkha only if one is attached to impermanent things.
Submitted by precision (user info) at 2007-06-14 14:29:12 EDT (#)
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Submitted by HateMudkips (user info) at 2007-06-13 04:22:07 EDT (#)
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adorable! great shots.
also
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Submitted by MyNameIsTim (user info) at 2007-06-12 21:43:36 PDT (#)
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ever see that national geographic cover of the chick from somewhere with the dark face and the green eyes? your kid reminds me of that picture.
good looking family you got ther.
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Sharbat Gula, 1984
I was a wee thing when that issue was published, but those eyes ate at me like fluoroantimonic acid
I still have that issue of NG
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http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2002/03/0311_020312_sharbat.html
I thought the same thing
Submitted by apollo88 (user info) at 2007-06-14 14:17:12 EDT (#)
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first pic is v.cheesy but i understand you are a yank.
second picture is superb photography.
Submitted by vishesh (user info) at 2007-06-14 13:49:25 EDT (#)
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I've trolled Ubersite for a couple years now. This is the first one I've really felt like commenting on. Photography is great, kid is insanely cute, and your wife is beautiful. (I was going to say 'hot', but that didn't capture what I meant)
Submitted by Snark (user info) at 2007-06-14 09:34:14 EDT (#)
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Cute :)
Submitted by d_prime (user info) at 2007-06-14 05:56:53 EDT (#)
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http://www.ubersite.com/m/109182#2440415
QFT!
I'm about to have ten weeks off. Fuck you all, including your daughter.
Just kidding.
Submitted by d_prime (user info) at 2007-06-14 05:55:22 EDT (#)
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You've been playing wow for five years? LOSER!
Just kidding. Congratulations and all that.
Submitted by JulsInsane (user info) at 2007-06-13 22:10:12 EDT (#)
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Submitted by inion_de_trua (user info) at 2007-06-12 14:31:19 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Razor (user info) at 2007-06-12 13:10:27 EDT (#)
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One of the sweeter things about year round schooling (I've been told) is that while everyone else in the US is scrambling to go on vacation at the "normal" times, you can travel for a hell of a lot less and places will be a lot less crowded on say, February 1st or October 10th or whatever.
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that i get. but at the same time she won't ever go to things like summer camp or whatever cuz she won't be on the rest of the world's schedule. things that are fun and designed to go around the school schedule all of a sudden don't apply.
i think year round schooling is a great idea in general. just dunno now cuz it's such a mishmash. i'd rather my kids get educated but i wouldn't want them to be so separated from normal childhood stuff because of that schedule.
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Some of us didn't go to camp and managed not to boil our bunnies. :-P or the pony.
TASTE THE JEALOUSY NOONIE!!!
Submitted by Progr3ss (user info) at 2007-06-13 04:40:49 EDT (#)
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HAPPY FIFTH ANNIE!!!
you'll never be this young again.
Submitted by Nellypaal (user info) at 2007-06-13 04:36:41 EDT (#)
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Retch
Submitted by HateMudkips (user info) at 2007-06-13 04:23:16 EDT (#)
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shit typo 85
Submitted by HateMudkips (user info) at 2007-06-13 04:22:07 EDT (#)
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adorable! great shots.
also
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Submitted by MyNameIsTim (user info) at 2007-06-12 21:43:36 PDT (#)
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ever see that national geographic cover of the chick from somewhere with the dark face and the green eyes? your kid reminds me of that picture.
good looking family you got ther.
~~~
Sharbat Gula, 1984
I was a wee thing when that issue was published, but those eyes ate at me like fluoroantimonic acid
I still have that issue of NG
Submitted by particle_man58 (user info) at 2007-06-13 03:40:34 EDT (#)
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Your wife is hot.... and year round school is fucking retarded. I probably would have gone columbine if I didn't get my summer vaction when I was a kid.
Submitted by MyNameIsTim (user info) at 2007-06-13 00:43:36 EDT (#)
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ever see that national geographic cover of the chick from somewhere with the dark face and the green eyes? your kid reminds me of that picture.
good looking family you got ther.
Submitted by devour (user info) at 2007-06-13 00:40:30 EDT (#)
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noice!
Submitted by lechuza (user info) at 2007-06-13 00:38:53 EDT (#)
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beautiful wife and kid
Submitted by iddqd (user info) at 2007-06-13 00:13:28 EDT (#)
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5 fucking years.
Submitted by ParlorTrick (user info) at 2007-06-12 21:28:10 EDT (#)
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Lovely.
Submitted by Razor (user info) at 2007-06-12 20:47:56 EDT (#)
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Well, you new blood think I'm brave, but there are many people on this site who have met us, and met our kids, and really this is for them.
Submitted by Deidra (user info) at 2007-06-12 18:41:07 EDT (#)
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You're brave.
Submitted by corn_nugget (user info) at 2007-06-12 18:31:26 EDT (#)
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The picture with the towel is beautiful.
Submitted by QueenAshlee (user info) at 2007-06-12 17:39:31 EDT (#)
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Your bebe is adoreable and Tracy looks great. Glad you all are doing well.
Submitted by ih8u2man (user info) at 2007-06-12 17:13:10 EDT (#)
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Yeah!
Submitted by bart (user info) at 2007-06-12 17:06:29 EDT (#)
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My god, time sure does fly. Five years??
Submitted by scourge (user info) at 2007-06-12 16:38:57 EDT (#)
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Cute baba.
Congrats on winning at life. I did too. We should form a club.
Submitted by Maddog (user info) at 2007-06-12 16:21:25 EDT (#)
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How could I minus-2 such a cute kid?
Submitted by whiskey_jack (user info) at 2007-06-12 16:01:00 EDT (#)
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Oh man wtf? Why would you give these wretched fucks on here more spank fodder. Oh God I hope no photoshops anything to bad. Won't someone please think of the children!
Submitted by BranDo (user info) at 2007-06-12 15:14:12 EDT (#)
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Congrats on all levels!!
Submitted by Flapjacksupreme (user info) at 2007-06-12 14:57:41 EDT (#)
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Submitted by JonnyX (user info) at 2007-06-12 14:31:52 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Flapjacksupreme (user info) at 2007-06-12 10:02:40 PDT (#)
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Uberversary auto -2, I'm sure you'll be okay with it.
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no need to be a dick, Simone...
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You are treading dangerous ground, again, Daley. Knock it the fuck off. It's not funny.
Submitted by Flapjacksupreme (user info) at 2007-06-12 14:55:44 EDT (#)
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It's not so much avoiding personal suffering so much as it is avoiding suffering of others from our actions. It also depends on what level you attach yourself to the level of joy that you receive. Per say for instance, that you really enjoy your "TurboWench Blow-up Doll" but you know that you can't take it to work. All you do at work is think about that doll though, while you are away from it...now you are suffering because you can't be within its presence. That attachment is not good.
Removing yourself from attachment wouldn't prevent joy in the fact that if you never had it to begin with, you wouldn't know what you are missing. Back to the weird comparison, but if your cousin Chester never showed you the "TurboWench Blow-up Doll" in the first place than you wouldn't know what you were missing. Or, if you chose after being introduced to it, to not become attached to it through cognitive reasoning, than you'd still be able to gain "joy" from it without the attachment.
Tradeoff, in this instance, isn't a concern.
As for suffering of others. If you become too attached to an object or person, than it is suffice to say that someone else or some thing else may feel the repercussions from your actions. If you are spending more time with "Mary" than "Susan" may become jealous. If your attachment with Mary was non-existant in the first place than Susan would not suffer.
However, suffering can be avoided by a proper warning. For instance: a shakujo http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shakujo Of course this is a tangible warning but I think you get the idea behind it.
Oh, and your daughter is shitting in your yard.
Submitted by bob (user info) at 2007-06-12 14:43:01 EDT (#)
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North Carolina is working out very nicely, it's everything we had hoped it to be right down to age appropriate kids in half the houses on the street.
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Awesome. Good to hear.
On a random note, to any Buddhists out there... is it not true that you also gain joy from attachment? Wouldn't removing yourself completely from attachment not only prevent suffering but also prevent joy? Is that worth the tradeoff? Why is it assumed we need to avoid suffering anyway?
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Well Im not Buddhist but I've been reading a few of their texts...im currently trying to read through the Tibetan Book of the Dead...difficult as hell.
Anywho, I'd have to say that you are correct that you also gain joy from attachment...it seems to me that the goal of a Tibetan Buddhist (since there are different sects of Buddhism) is to be simultaneously attached and detached from everyone/everything...by that I mean the expression of pure compassion, and yet realizing the true nature of sentient beings and not causing attachment to these beings any more so than the attachment of the ground to the sky...if that makes sense. It is like the goal of the Tibetan Buddhist is to leave the world in the exact mindset of how you entered the world...that is why many Tibetan Buddhists do not want their family to be around them when they die, because seeing their family when they die could cause them to become attached to their physical body, which in turn (I wont go into detail about why this occurs) could effect their karmic nature in the transition bardo realm.
Hope that helped...I think I was fairly on the mark.
Submitted by JonnyX (user info) at 2007-06-12 14:31:52 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Flapjacksupreme (user info) at 2007-06-12 10:02:40 PDT (#)
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Uberversary auto -2, I'm sure you'll be okay with it.
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no need to be a dick, Simone...
Submitted by inion_de_trua (user info) at 2007-06-12 14:31:19 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Razor (user info) at 2007-06-12 13:10:27 EDT (#)
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One of the sweeter things about year round schooling (I've been told) is that while everyone else in the US is scrambling to go on vacation at the "normal" times, you can travel for a hell of a lot less and places will be a lot less crowded on say, February 1st or October 10th or whatever.
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that i get. but at the same time she won't ever go to things like summer camp or whatever cuz she won't be on the rest of the world's schedule. things that are fun and designed to go around the school schedule all of a sudden don't apply.
i think year round schooling is a great idea in general. just dunno now cuz it's such a mishmash. i'd rather my kids get educated but i wouldn't want them to be so separated from normal childhood stuff because of that schedule.
Submitted by Razor (user info) at 2007-06-12 14:25:56 EDT (#)
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My sister is the real photographer, I'm decent but she's got professionals trying to convince her to go pro. She snapped the first two, I snapped the third, you can really tell the difference in skill.
To answer the pooping questions, she is dancing with her eyes closed, holding her skirt, not a care in the world.
On a random note, to any Buddhists out there... is it not true that you also gain joy from attachment? Wouldn't removing yourself completely from attachment not only prevent suffering but also prevent joy? Is that worth the tradeoff? Why is it assumed we need to avoid suffering anyway?
North Carolina is working out very nicely, it's everything we had hoped it to be right down to age appropriate kids in half the houses on the street.
Submitted by forensicgirl3 (user info) at 2007-06-12 14:21:22 EDT (#)
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Razor, you're a good photographer. Those are great pics!
Oh and Happy Birthday to the wee one!
Submitted by Shlongy (user info) at 2007-06-12 14:09:35 EDT (#)
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Why is she pooping into a bag in the third picture?
Submitted by Off_The_Wagon (user info) at 2007-06-12 14:08:45 EDT (#)
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Happy Birthday!
http://www.ubersite.com/m/109187
Submitted by bob (user info) at 2007-06-12 14:07:40 EDT (#)
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geez, 5 already?
wow.
How's NC working out for ya?
Submitted by Orgasmatron (user info) at 2007-06-12 13:55:55 EDT (#)
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This kid needs a t-shirt that reads "I Grew Up On Ubersite."
Submitted by CaptainThorns (user info) at 2007-06-12 13:51:01 EDT (#)
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No Comment
Submitted by Razor (user info) at 2007-06-12 13:49:45 EDT (#)
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We miss you guys too... you know, it IS possible for us to do things, we just have to plan them WAY in advance for cross country travel.
Submitted by Razor (user info) at 2007-06-12 13:49:01 EDT (#)
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TERPS w00t!
Submitted by creep_firebombing (user info) at 2007-06-12 13:45:54 EDT (#)
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Submitted by hidden101 (user info) at 2007-06-12 12:53:25 EDT (#)
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you and firefly are my favorites. you two are the only ones here that aren't nuts.
I miss you guys.
Submitted by Hilarity_Ensues (user info) at 2007-06-12 13:34:05 EDT (#)
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Happy Birf'nday to The Girl. She looks like she's a lot of fun. Your wifey is beautius too. Damn y'all for movin' to N.Carolina. I COULD'VE BROUGHT CANDYLAND OVER.
p.s. GO TERPS!!!1
Submitted by BobLobla (user info) at 2007-06-12 13:29:56 EDT (#)
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No Comment
Submitted by Flapjacksupreme (user info) at 2007-06-12 13:25:10 EDT (#)
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Is she pooping in your yard on the bottom one?
Submitted by JulsInsane (user info) at 2007-06-12 13:22:43 EDT (#)
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Submitted by ChaosJester (user info) at 2007-06-12 13:12:49 EDT (#)
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Aaaaaaaawwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!
I want one...
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I don't.
But they are fabulous.
Congrats on the lovely family.
Submitted by Razor (user info) at 2007-06-12 13:21:56 EDT (#)
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badlands sighting below?!?
Submitted by Badlands (user info) at 2007-06-12 13:19:44 EDT (#)
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No Comment
Submitted by Razor (user info) at 2007-06-12 13:15:28 EDT (#)
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Flapjack, if ratings mattered to me I wouldn't post politics etc.
However, when I put up a post about my kids birthday and you auto -2 it based on it being an uberversary post, it sort of makes sense to call you out on reading comprehension.
And honestly I don't feel like arguing with you or anybody else, I'm excited my kid is five and sad that I'm stuck working instead of outside playing with her.
Submitted by ChaosJester (user info) at 2007-06-12 13:12:49 EDT (#)
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Aaaaaaaawwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!
I want one...
Submitted by Razor (user info) at 2007-06-12 13:10:27 EDT (#)
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One of the sweeter things about year round schooling (I've been told) is that while everyone else in the US is scrambling to go on vacation at the "normal" times, you can travel for a hell of a lot less and places will be a lot less crowded on say, February 1st or October 10th or whatever.
Submitted by Flapjacksupreme (user info) at 2007-06-12 13:09:04 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Razor (user info) at 2007-06-12 13:05:22 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Flapjacksupreme (user info) at 2007-06-12 13:02:40 EDT (#)
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Uberversary auto -2, I'm sure you'll be okay with it.
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Uh... reading comprehension? I'm guessing you rated based on the title... nice job being a douche.
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No, but parading your child on a sadistic website isn't much better of a thing to do in hopes to get satisfactory ratings. Didn't know they meant so much to you, old chap.
Submitted by Razor (user info) at 2007-06-12 13:08:35 EDT (#)
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Inion, we are just starting kindergarten here so I can't answer your questions about how easy or hard this will turn out to be. Firefly is staying at home one more year with our younger daughter before she enters preschool, so we don't have to find a solution... yet... from what I understand, the local YMCAs offer "3 weeks out of every 12" daycare in response to year round schooling, since there are four tracks that basically means 1/4 of the school age population is at the Y I suppose.
Submitted by Razor (user info) at 2007-06-12 13:05:22 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Flapjacksupreme (user info) at 2007-06-12 13:02:40 EDT (#)
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Uberversary auto -2, I'm sure you'll be okay with it.
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Uh... reading comprehension? I'm guessing you rated based on the title... nice job being a douche.
Submitted by inion_de_trua (user info) at 2007-06-12 13:03:49 EDT (#)
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year round schooling? what magical place offers this?
is finding childcare for random three weeks hard? i could see it being easier if it lined up with the rest of the year. how does that work out?
Submitted by needsnothing (user info) at 2007-06-12 13:03:38 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Fungah (user info) at 2007-06-12 17:47:22 BST (#)
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What the fuck is wrong with you?
Putting pictures of your kid up on ubersite?
Submitted by Cyrus (user info) at 2007-06-12 13:03:02 EDT (#)
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Submitted by c1ndy (user info) at 2007-06-12 12:19:02 EDT (#)
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what a sweetheart.
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Yes - congratulations - a beautiful little girl
Submitted by Flapjacksupreme (user info) at 2007-06-12 13:02:40 EDT (#)
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Uberversary auto -2, I'm sure you'll be okay with it.
Submitted by skrapmetal (user info) at 2007-06-12 12:58:31 EDT (#)
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http://www.ubersite.com/m/92206#2114689
9.5, though, not 13.5.
Submitted by Razor (user info) at 2007-06-12 12:57:15 EDT (#)
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Fungah, there are already plenty of pictures of me and my family on Uber before today's post. Some have been fucked with, but I don't really care, as long as it's all in good fun.
Submitted by Creepy_guy (user info) at 2007-06-12 12:55:25 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Razor (user info) at 2007-06-12 12:20:24 EDT (#)
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Year round schooling... 9 weeks on, 3 weeks off, with a month off for everyone on all tracks in June.
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I quite like that idea... *mental note*
Submitted by forthewin (user info) at 2007-06-12 12:55:21 EDT (#)
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Congratulations. For a lot of things.
Personally, I wouldn't want anyone on this website to know if I had a kid, much less pictures of her.
Submitted by Caulaincourt (user info) at 2007-06-12 12:54:18 EDT (#)
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Submitted by hidden101 (user info) at 2007-06-12 12:53:25 EDT (#)
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you and firefly are my favorites. you two are the only ones here that aren't nuts.
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pfff, i'm no nut.
Submitted by hidden101 (user info) at 2007-06-12 12:53:25 EDT (#)
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you and firefly are my favorites. you two are the only ones here that aren't nuts.
Submitted by rob_berg (user info) at 2007-06-12 12:53:00 EDT (#)
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No Comment
Submitted by Fungah (user info) at 2007-06-12 12:47:22 EDT (#)
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What the fuck is wrong with you?
Putting pictures of your kid up on ubersite?
Jesus Christ, she's fucked.
Submitted by experima (user info) at 2007-06-12 12:46:45 EDT (#)
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No Comment
Submitted by TheUniter (user info) at 2007-06-12 12:38:29 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Sacrilicious (user info) at 2007-06-12 12:36:43 EDT (#)
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That second picture looks like something I'd see in Life Magazine.
What a photogenic bunch you guys are.
And Firefly looks prettier in every photo.
Submitted by darko (user info) at 2007-06-12 12:31:00 EDT (#)
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That third picture is the cutest picture ever. Also, I approve of year round schooling.
Submitted by no1hasdis (user info) at 2007-06-12 12:29:08 EDT (#)
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No Comment
Submitted by Dexter-Brown (user info) at 2007-06-12 12:21:12 EDT (#)
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No Comment
Submitted by Razor (user info) at 2007-06-12 12:20:24 EDT (#)
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Year round schooling... 9 weeks on, 3 weeks off, with a month off for everyone on all tracks in June.
Submitted by BLITZKREIG_BOB (user info) at 2007-06-12 12:19:14 EDT (#)
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What kind of communist schools start in July?!?!
Submitted by c1ndy (user info) at 2007-06-12 12:19:02 EDT (#)
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what a sweetheart.
Submitted by inion_de_trua (user info) at 2007-06-12 12:19:00 EDT (#)
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is it a good thing she looks like her mom?
Submitted by Caulaincourt (user info) at 2007-06-12 12:15:25 EDT (#)
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SEXY STUFF! :)~