Masked Monkey

I'm an INTP (Introverted, Intuitive, Thinking, Perceiving) But I think anyone who knows me would just call me an asshole ... but a nice one :king: Dr. Mr. Snow "Snoopy" Dog

I know that we haven't tested the great kisser bit yet, but I agree with the rest of your description... I was gonna say something VERY similar ... only a bit different on that kissing thing

*grapevine on* That is just because the two of you were busy doing other things *grapevine off* Just because I occasionally talked to viv, while joe was complaining about walking uphill when we had bus passes and steve was checking his iPhone to see where the hell we were, does not make it a conspiracy :king: Dr. Mr. Snow "Snoopy" "Stupid Snowy" Dog and no toby, they were not doing anything together ... that I know of

Uncalled for, yet accurate. As one who is anything but, I'm sick of you claiming to be anything other than a hottie. :king: Snow Dog Who wonders if he should start a "Joe is a hottie" thread

Joe, there are no horrible pictures of you that I have seen ... and I have seen many :king: Snoopy

I'm a gemini ... actually, astrologically speaking I am double gemini (both sun and moon in that particular constellation). As to the description being right ... I dunno. :king: Snoopy

You mean OTHER than Joe

*waves hand and dances* I did, I did. But only because she used it in San Francisco and I was all ... so she told me :king: Snoopy

I should hasen to add that he has told you he is Bi, so odds are he isn't gonna get violent if you seem interested in him. :king: Dr. Mr. Snow "Snoop" Dog

I just take it to mean you like to be on top ... in whatever context you wish Snowy

ok, I actually read the study article. The only pertinant risk factor is men who have sex with men. The authors specifically state that because this was not a controlled study, but merely came from test results and chart reviews, they have know way of determining the details of sexual contact that result in risk. To put more bluntly, there is nothing in the study to indicate that condom use makes you more or less safe. Since almost all staph infections are caused by skin-skin contact, and hospital-associated MRSA outbreaks are almost universally started by heath care workers not washing their hands after using the bathroom, and spread by not washing their hands between patients, I suspect the issue goes beyond simply using a condom. People don't like to talk about it, but sex tends to be messy. Anal sex tends to be even worse from a microbial standpoint. While condoms are good for preventing semen based pathogen transfer, they are much less effective at preventing the spread of diseases that are not passed by what leaves the urethra during ejaculation, or caused by what may enter the urethra. Lube is not antiseptic ( thank Jeebus), and lube does not tend to stay simply on the condom. Think about it ... unless you are boring like me, you don't stay in one position, you add lube, you tend to touch places that may have "contaminated" lube. For the most part, it gets on the sheets, floor, counter, sofa, carpet, sink, refrigerator, oven, washing machine, wall, ceiling ... not to mentions your hands, and groin area. Bottom line, until further studies are done, minimally safer sex practices should also include washing with soap and water after doing "whatever." As for the phobes and religious assholes ... one more arrow in the quiver of insults and accusations isn't gonna make all that much difference in the long run. Just my $1.25 :king: Dr. Mr. Snow "Snoopy" Dog

I'm glad I don't have any besides that obvious parenthetical one

Happy Birthday Robbie Sorry I can't come up an get you drunk Snowy

I can say beyond a shadow of a doubt that you have not "wasted" time there. While it may be time to move on, the experience you gain is something to be carried to the next job. That comes both in terms of skills you bring, but also in identifying a bad situation in reagards to those people who "manage" you. I know what it does day after day when you are in a job you hate because the energy it would take to find a new one is consumed by everything else going on in your life and your need to not even think about your job (which is generally required to find a new one). Hell, it took having major back surgery to get me to look for a new job. All beating yourself up does is cause you to want to think about it less. Quitting when you have bills to pay is scary, beating yourself up because of the realities of life does nothing but feed the procrastination monster. As for being lonely, well, I don't know what to say about that other than "been there, purchased a lifetime membership" Now, as for what the job situation means about you and future relationships ... it really depends on the exact motivation for staying. Money and whatever it is we get emotionally from relationships are not the same thing. It is easier for some people to be without food than without a partner. I don't think that is you. Everything I know about you tells me that you would not put up with being treated poorly by a partner, even if you could see the good in them ... good that nobody else could see. If you really are at the job because you just couldn't be bothered finding a new one is always of concern when it comes to a relationship, what are you then not going to bother dealing with that needs to be deal with. Meh, I'm getting to that blabber point. Steve, you are an amazing guy and you will find the right person one day. :king: Dr. Mr. Snow "Snoopy" Dog

I have to agree with Vic on this one. Regardless of if you have grade assignment authority over him, you have responsibility for part of his education. Simply by asking him out you put him in a position of wondering if his will affect the help you give him in your capacity as a TA. Speaking from personal experience, as a TA it is easy to shortchange some students while giving others "extra" help ... even if you don't assign grades. My advice is to keep it friendly until you no longer have any educational authority over him. :king: Dr. Mr. Snow "Snoopy" Dog (who curses his strong sense of ethical responsibility)

Neat trick Graeme ... getting all the pictures of the hotties for yourself :king: Dr. Mr. Snow "Snoopy" Dog

I think you meant that as a compliment ... but wow, you couldn't have wounded me deeper :king: Dr. Mr. Snow "Snoopy" Dog pointing out that the degree is in Physics

*warning ... the dog may be in a grumpy mood* I am rather confused by many things, but in this case it is your statement that you are willing to take rebound sex if that is all you can get. It seems to me that for the most part, if you have rebound sex with him, it will most likely be all that it is, that is the nature of rebound sex. If you are looking for someone to spend years with, then I would say, regardless of who dumpped whom, he needs time to figure out what lessons are to be learned before entering another sexual relationship and associated emotional blinders. The part that really gets me is that you won't know if rebound sex is all you can get until you wait longer than the "rebound" period to see if anything more can develop. If it turns out that nothing more will come of it, you already blew your chance at rebound sex. If you really are willing to just have rebound sex, and your real goal is just to have sex with him, then just do it. You will get what you want and any more meaningful (although unlikely) relationship is just a bonus. If it is really that you like him and your hormones are driving you to want him NOW as opposed to some point in a possible future, then take your time but make sure you let him know how you feel. :king: Dr. Mr. Snow "Snoopy" Dog

At the risk of being hunted down and shot, I will say that I am a definite I dunno. I dunno if I will be employed come August 1, hence I dunno if I can afford it. Although, if I found a job in the Dallas area (yea right) then I would already be there . Not to mention that my current employer might be sending me to Genoa Italy for a conference 2 weeks after the get together --- just over a month before letting me go ... you figure it out, I can't. :wacko: :king: Dr. Mr. Snow "Snoopy" Dog

Didn't read the previous blog entry, or missed the comment, but I have always know California's seasons (and I was born, raised and lived there for 38 years) as fire, flood, mud and drought. Not too different from yours, but much less commercial ... guess that is the way of all things. :king: Dr. Mr. Snow Dog

I talk to you :king: Dr. Mr. Snow "Snoopy" Dog

Nobody ever made fun of me :? :king: Dr. Mr. Snow "Snoopy" Dog

This is rather a loaded set of questions in the way it is asked. You used the term "ethical" which is clearly distinct from moral and legal. The use of characters that exist in a work that holds a copyright is technically not legal without permission of the holder of the copyright. So, any fanfic is not legal in that sense. I would argue that using a copyrighted character in your own story is probably moral IF you (or anyone who "hosts" that work) do not obtain monetary compensation for the effort, provided you do not intend to diminish the financial position of the copyright holder. Any actual diminishing is a legal issue for a court to decide. As to "ethical", that becomes very sticky. I'm a scientist working in a mainly academic-like company (as opposed to a company hell-bent on profit). I have considered myself a scientist since early in my undergrad career. For almost 25 years (god I'm old) I have prided myself on scientific honesty and integrity. I have never falsified data, omitted conflicting analysis that I knew about (including failing to look for conflicts), nor have I ever failed to give credit where it was due including prior work I was aware of. This even went to the point that in graduate school I refused to have my name added to the paper of a coworker because I did not agree with his analysis technique. To my mind, "unethical" is a higher standard than moral or legal because it combines the two. With that in mind, I believe it is IMPOSSIBLE to "continue" the work of another author. Sure you can mimic their style and use their settings and characters, but the work will always be YOURS not theirs. In a "moral" sense, any continuation is "fanfic". So, to me, fanfic becomes "unethical" when it is not made clear (by statement or content) that it is not the work of the original author, when the intent of the work is to damage the "property" of the copyright holder, or when the work is used for monetary gain without the permission of the copyright holder. Authorization by the copyright holder is simply a legal method of covering your ass. The dabate about on this topic will surely follow the pattern that most politicians take "I personally like X and am abhorred by Y, so X should be legal for everyone and Y should be legal for noone." (note that this includes my comments above) :king: Dr. Mr. Snow "Snoopy" Dog

I know, I've seen you drive

I'm sorry to hear that . While I (and others) can poke fun, any form of cancer is a serious issue. Some of us just deal with stress with (often inapproriate) humor. :king: Snoopy