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by Eva
Wed Mar 23, 2011 7:07 pm
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Motivation
Replies: 16
Views: 291

I agree with Dennis, I've not experienced telecommuting in a way that doesn't make it a pain in the ass for people who /are/ in the office. I'm sure it's great for those staying at home but for people coming in (read: the people without children) their productivity goes down.
by Eva
Tue Mar 22, 2011 7:58 pm
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: The Death of Animalball
Replies: 132
Views: 2314

Could someone please point me to where I said I hate(d) Animalball? I have a godawful memory and I'd really like to see it. I went to Animalball just now to see if I could find it, but the user 'Eva' doesn't exist there anymore so my options for search are limited. I think I sent both Kyle and Mike ...
by Eva
Fri Oct 15, 2010 8:31 pm
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Question for Paul: Paul Wall reco's
Replies: 4
Views: 141

I downloaded the albums and have listened to them a little, but not enough. I haven't had much chance to listen to music the past few months. I'll need some more time to have an opinion.
by Eva
Fri Oct 15, 2010 8:29 pm
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Because we love our prison stories
Replies: 30
Views: 1537

Because we love our prison stories

I just read all of this thread - http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmes ... _id=136858 - someone talking about two years in a Michigan prison. It is unexpectedly well written.
by Eva
Tue Jul 13, 2010 7:39 pm
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Question for Paul: Paul Wall reco's
Replies: 4
Views: 141

Thanks!
by Eva
Mon Jun 28, 2010 2:29 pm
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Question for Paul: Paul Wall reco's
Replies: 4
Views: 141

Question for Paul: Paul Wall reco's

Paul -- I remember a while ago (ok, a couple of years ago) we had a conversation about Paul Wall and you mentioned you liked his music (then). Any recommendations? There's a lot of crap on YouTube so some direction would be great. Thanks!
by Eva
Sun Jun 13, 2010 2:25 am
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Feeling grumpy 'is good for you'
Replies: 9
Views: 183

Heh. Tired meme, but well played. :)
by Eva
Wed Apr 21, 2010 6:56 pm
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Fluoride, Enjoy!
Replies: 20
Views: 330

I've heard a similar story for Head & Shoulders shampoo being just awful for your hair. Funny. I'm told I have hair that women are jealous of. I use Head and Shoulders pretty regularly. Otherwise I'd have hair that women are jealous of, while looking like I just came out of blizzard. This forum...
by Eva
Wed Apr 21, 2010 6:55 pm
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: College-Aged Males
Replies: 9
Views: 164

Bonefish wrote:Whats next, you're gonna tell me i can't like men and women the same?
Have you met Jeff?
by Eva
Wed Apr 14, 2010 8:30 pm
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: College-Aged Males
Replies: 9
Views: 164

I see that /you/ have no problem sharing this with the masses? :)

(I originally typed 'populace' but I just can't use that word anymore without 'snacking upon')
by Eva
Wed Apr 14, 2010 8:28 pm
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Fluoride, Enjoy!
Replies: 20
Views: 330

My dentist recently recommended that I start using mouth wash after brushing my teeth to clean between my teeth. My go-to is Listerine, as that's what was recommended to me after I got my tongue pierced. It turns out that mouth wash that has alcohol in it is - according to my dentist - way too viole...
by Eva
Tue Mar 02, 2010 8:34 am
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: It's Oh So Quiet....Shhhh....Shhhh
Replies: 23
Views: 562

Um, bad link? Or bad user?
by Eva
Wed Jan 06, 2010 1:48 am
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Northern Europeans are diet fiends
Replies: 6
Views: 202

What's that last chart of, Sal? Percentage of overweight or obese people? I don't think people in the Netherlands are more obsessed with weight and body image than Americans. Possibly we're less concerned. The margins of what's acceptable are just smaller. You will be considered fat, take shit, get ...
by Eva
Mon Dec 28, 2009 2:20 pm
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: What's your (least) favourite thing about the holidays?
Replies: 13
Views: 297

My favourite thing: Watching people open the presents I got for them My least favourite thing: Cooking Christmas Dinner ...which reminds me, Eva, did your gift turn up yet?! Nope. Did you send it to work? Because if so I won't see it for a bit. If you sent it to my old address, I depend on the cour...
by Eva
Sun Dec 27, 2009 8:09 pm
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: What's your (least) favourite thing about the holidays?
Replies: 13
Views: 297

What's your (least) favourite thing about the holidays?

My favourite thing: food. Lots of it.

My least favourite: drama. Lots of it.

What about you?
by Eva
Mon Dec 21, 2009 11:42 am
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Audio question: exit CDs
Replies: 6
Views: 153

Audio question: exit CDs

In a continuing effort to get rid of everything I own, I'm considering getting rid of my CDS and upload them into... something. What makes sense? iTunes is obviously an option, but not everyone is as positive about it. Plus, I understand there's a thing with iTunes file format and not being able to ...
by Eva
Mon Dec 21, 2009 11:40 am
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Art requires sacrifice.
Replies: 14
Views: 276

Is drinking an art?
by Eva
Sun Dec 13, 2009 12:30 pm
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: It's Oh So Quiet....Shhhh....Shhhh
Replies: 23
Views: 562

I look forward to those, ... Joseph? Joe? Uncle J? Man? Man. I look forward to those, man!

I've been checking in every now and then and actually started a tread on Advanced Hangover Management but it got ate by my crappy internet connection at home.
by Eva
Fri Nov 20, 2009 9:11 am
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Tell Me Why...
Replies: 96
Views: 1917

I think she's asking about structural differences in brain tissue, and tiny changes in neurochemistry, and so on. In other words, not, "What is physically different between a person with a dumb brain and a person with a smart brain," but rather, "If you were holding a smart brain in ...
by Eva
Tue Nov 17, 2009 9:28 pm
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Tell Me Why...
Replies: 96
Views: 1917

Not so much a why, but a what: what's the physical difference between smart people and stupid people, if there is one?
by Eva
Wed Nov 04, 2009 11:27 am
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Addictions
Replies: 8
Views: 245

Re: Addictions

What are you addicted to? Was thinking about this last night and if I put aside my immediate 'oh, well, addiction is such a strong word' then I'd say work and a man. How do you deal with your addictions? I really enjoy them as long as they don't get the better of me. When they do, I panic because I...
by Eva
Thu Oct 29, 2009 9:45 am
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Tell Me Why...
Replies: 96
Views: 1917

Bonefish wrote:There might be a market in that Eva-Dust.
If you don't mind that it's been cut with cat hair, come on over. Free to a good home.
by Eva
Mon Oct 26, 2009 11:24 am
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Getting attention
Replies: 13
Views: 351

I don't like being the center of attention in a larger group at all, but I love the attention you get in an engaged 1:1 dynamic (SHOOT ME NOW). What I mean to say: on Friday we had a party at mine. I was in the kitchen with one or two other people. Everyone else is in the living room, until people m...
by Eva
Mon Oct 26, 2009 11:21 am
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Social Media
Replies: 25
Views: 607

Not entirely on topic, but a /great/ op-ed on how the real-time web is changing what we believe is our role in the world (as individuals). Very well written, IMO. http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/10/24/ns ... -time-web/
by Eva
Fri Oct 23, 2009 7:54 am
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Social Media
Replies: 25
Views: 607

I think you have to be social in order to make heads or tails of this. I don't even own a television, so I guess I'm out. I would say television is one of the least social appliances/channels. If anything, you not owning a tv makes you more social (then again, I would think so because I don't own o...
by Eva
Sat Oct 17, 2009 3:56 pm
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Fight
Replies: 34
Views: 635

*snorts* That was funny.
by Eva
Fri Oct 16, 2009 2:29 pm
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Tell Me Why...
Replies: 96
Views: 1917

Why do rooms gather dust even if nothing happens there? I have a spare bedroom in my (temporary) apartment that is covered in dust every time I come in, even though it just sits there most of the time. How does dust come into existence?
by Eva
Fri Oct 16, 2009 2:28 pm
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Fight
Replies: 34
Views: 635

Never.
by Eva
Fri Oct 16, 2009 2:22 pm
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Shock in Advertisement; Are You Pouring on the Pounds?
Replies: 33
Views: 662

Getting back to the original subject , do any of you feel that this sort of ad will work? Would you show it to your friends? You don't have to show the ad to your friends for it to be effective. That's just one way, and probably the most direct one. It's safe to say we're not the target audience fo...
by Eva
Tue Oct 13, 2009 2:16 pm
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Shock in Advertisement; Are You Pouring on the Pounds?
Replies: 33
Views: 662

European cities commonly use ozone instead of chlorine to purify their water and keep bacteria from making a nice living in the water transport system. For the most part, the Netherlands filters the majority of the tap water through the sand in the dunes along the coastline. I love that about us. M...
by Eva
Thu Oct 08, 2009 11:54 am
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Tell Me Why...
Replies: 96
Views: 1917

I love the fact you use the b00n instead of n00b. Very sophisticated. :) Dat deed ik ook speciaal voor jou. I think it's because, as we all know, Dutch people are part of the Illuminati, and as such are really the cold-blooded descendents of Dinosaurs. Your reptilian brain doesn't process informati...
by Eva
Tue Oct 06, 2009 8:21 pm
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Tell Me Why...
Replies: 96
Views: 1917

Is this thread also open to easily wikipedia'd questions? Because if so: how come when I stub my toe (like I did five minutes ago) it takes a few seconds for it to hurt?

('RFTM, b00n' is a perfectly acceptable answer)
by Eva
Sun Oct 04, 2009 9:32 am
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: 'IU Like To Fart'
Replies: 15
Views: 383

Damn, 'seropus'? That's old school.

And on behalf of said prima donna Dutch bitches: that shit doesn't work.
by Eva
Tue Sep 29, 2009 3:59 pm
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: What's your 'Shut up, sit down, get it done' trick?
Replies: 14
Views: 391

What's your 'Shut up, sit down, get it done' trick?

I am easily distracted. I also have a million different things I need to do at work (I'm currently responsible for 24 clients. That may be a little too much). Result: I need to really force myself to shut up, sit down and get stuff done if it will take more than two minutes. My weapon of choice is D...
by Eva
Sun Sep 27, 2009 7:25 pm
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Ambition
Replies: 19
Views: 463

My goal in life is to be happy and to make others happy. In the day to day, that translates to doing enjoyable things with enjoyable people ('met leuke mensen leuke dingen doen'). It's taken me a while to accept that my goal isn't lofty at all. That's the same time I spent around people who had much...
by Eva
Fri Sep 18, 2009 8:13 am
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: How Different Groups Spend Their Day
Replies: 8
Views: 252

Very cool. Average time spent on 'Work': Everyone: 3.25 hrs/day Men: 4.07 hrs Women: 2.46 Is this number so low because most people work five days a week? Another one that struck me: "While only about 5 percent of people have trouble falling asleep, those who do are lying awake for 70 minutes, ...
by Eva
Wed Sep 16, 2009 4:48 pm
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: What the World Eats - A Photo Essay
Replies: 29
Views: 862

He's a pro. 'Hij zit erop' as we would say.
by Eva
Sun Sep 13, 2009 5:29 pm
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: What the World Eats - A Photo Essay
Replies: 29
Views: 862

Guys, guys, I'm not saying we need to go channel Ghenghis for a week.
by Eva
Fri Sep 11, 2009 8:48 am
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: What the World Eats - A Photo Essay
Replies: 29
Views: 862

I think this is incredibly interesting. The first thing that captivated me with the difference in amount of food from place to place, but what really fascinates me is the relative difference in pre-packaged food versus fresh produce. My favorite place to eat is apparently Mongolia, where the food i...
by Eva
Fri Sep 11, 2009 8:47 am
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Which Ugly Stereotype Do You Harbour?
Replies: 40
Views: 983

Kai wrote:I desperately want to know amounts and timeframes. Like, can I rent rims for a Friday night date? How about just a weekend? Does it have to be all 4? Do spinners cost extra?
All valid questions that we'll spend exactly zero time on finding answers to.
by Eva
Fri Sep 11, 2009 8:42 am
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: How to get rid of the smell of cat urine
Replies: 11
Views: 322

It seems to have sorted itself out, actually. After speaking to you guys and doing some online research I went back to my boss saying there's two options: 1. enzymatic cleaner and/or home-developed solution or 2. replace your backseat. We had a good laugh about the second option and she would think ...
by Eva
Thu Sep 10, 2009 8:51 am
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Which Ugly Stereotype Do You Harbour?
Replies: 40
Views: 983

Kai wrote:Totally tangentially...you know what one of the biggest auto-centric industries is in ATL? Renting rims. Seriously.
Is that right? That really speaks to the imagination. Like, what would drive a person to rent rims? How long is the common rim-renting period? Is there a rent-to-buy system?
by Eva
Tue Sep 08, 2009 7:56 am
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: The Great pR0n thread!
Replies: 47
Views: 1011

I had no idea there were other flavors in bedroom preferences; I had always thought it was vanilla and non. I have a million questions about this now. Is there a scale somewhere? Did you just make up these other flavors? If pistachio is "Not OK" then what is rocky road? Is there a convers...
by Eva
Mon Sep 07, 2009 3:42 pm
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: How to get rid of the smell of cat urine
Replies: 11
Views: 322

UncleJoseph wrote:I recommend replacing the seat cushion for your boss...might cost a bit, you'll be sure to be rid of the problem.
Damn. How would one go about that?
by Eva
Mon Sep 07, 2009 1:32 pm
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: How to get rid of the smell of cat urine
Replies: 11
Views: 322

Pinging this! Need the info, people!

And as a reward:

Image

I figured we would dig this.
by Eva
Mon Sep 07, 2009 1:31 pm
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Best Before...Whatever!
Replies: 18
Views: 447

And weirdly you've now come down with a fungal AND a bacterial infection.

Will be steering clear of the moldy bread as per normal, thankyouverymuch.
by Eva
Mon Sep 07, 2009 8:58 am
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: How to get rid of the smell of cat urine
Replies: 11
Views: 322

How to get rid of the smell of cat urine

Long story short: my cat pissed on the back seat of my boss' car. I got it professionally cleaned right after it happened, which seemed to work. However, two days later, the smell has returned. My boss is understandably displeased. Any suggestions on how to get me out of this really uncomfortable si...
by Eva
Sun Sep 06, 2009 8:26 pm
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: The Great pR0n thread!
Replies: 47
Views: 1011

I had a really interesting conversation about porn while I was on holiday last week, albeit written porn. Some of the things I like in the bedroom aren't vanilla. They're nowhere near pistachio (things I would consider 'Not ok to do to another person'), but they're not exactly strawberry-bubblegum (...
by Eva
Sun Sep 06, 2009 8:13 pm
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Which Ugly Stereotype Do You Harbour?
Replies: 40
Views: 983

I also have a number of these, but I find it a very, very uncomfortable topic to talk about online. That says something about my level of PC'ness or the level I would feel is correct.
by Eva
Sun Aug 30, 2009 8:11 pm
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Oh! Wait...Eeewwww! *dryheave*
Replies: 13
Views: 392

Oh honey, you know this is a question I can't answer online. You already know all my disgusting (medical) stories anyway.