Please go back to the home theater . I have been assimilated.

Hey Congrats to K - Sorry, the "mother ship" got stuck in a cave and I just found out about K's resignation!

Mr. Clean, I will have the usual - Goat Milk and don't dilute it with Aquafina!!

Everyone have a good weekend! The boss is updated, I am off to the wife and kiddy (and kitty, too).

Mr. C, can I get a go-cup of artichoke dip with some bread for the drive home?

I only want a Diet Coke. But, ummmmmmm....., can I play the Pick 6 and the Trifecta? I got my 2 bucks!

Hey Mr. C, just stopped by to remind you about that wonton recipe. Yucky day out there, since we are getting closer and closer to flu season, how about a mimosa to go? It's the vitamins I need, yea, right, --- well, that's my story and I'm sticking to it.

Sorry about the delay!

The recipe has been posted for all in the recipe corner!!

Ah shoot! Mr. Clean, I seemed to have accidentally stepped into our time machine and rocketed myself back to last week's bar. Quite a time we're having here, but I have so much to do in the present. Will you tweak the knobs and get me back to the present. I'll bring a couple of bottles of Scotch with me. I think Analyze This drank most of them this week, but they are full last week.

Sorry I never answered you about Stevie Rays movie role. I kinda forget where sometimes. In 1987, Stevie appeared in a movie called Back to the Beach as himself. In the movie, he played a duet with Dick Dale and they performed the song "Pipeline".

I was searching for an answer to something on BOL earlier today, and my search (somehow) took me way back in time to Cleabatsu's--twenty-one years ago this month. All the "old reprobates" are/were here. What a time warp!

...well, it is almost Friday. I'll take a cold one, Mr. Clean. Have Tiny bring my bottle from storage.

P.S. I am the original zaibatsu...I just gave up that account many, many years ago.

ah, the good old days when battles were waged over cold beverages...

Today's appetizer: Mr. Clean's homemade Spicy Wontons (I won a cooking contest with these bad boys)

Will we ever get the recipe?

Is it Friday yet?

Almost!

It is now.

Nope. Not today

anyone else checking out for the rest of the year today? Still the designated driver and bail bondswoman so I have to stay sober so I'll take a Shirley Temple with double cherries and a twist of orange please.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you all!

I'll take a crown neat...and I'm going to be gone for a couple of weeks so I will take this moment while I have it to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy and Safe New Year's.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all of you!!!

checking out today as well, only working 12/30...Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you all

If the bartender gives me a spiked hot chocolate, I'll read a poem for you!

Recycled year after year, updated with tidbits specific to my Bank, but worth repeating today! I do not claim authorship, only tweak-ership.

Twas the Monday night before Christmas, when all through the bank
Not a teller was stirring, the ledgers were blank;
The stockings were hung in the lobby with care,
In hopes that big bonuses soon would be there;
The Board members were nestled all snug in their beds,
While projections of profits danced in their heads;
The Execs in their scarves, covered in snowflakes,
Had just settled in for a short winter's break,
When out in the parking lot there arose such a clatter,
I sprang from my desk to see what was the matter.
To the window I flew and pulled up the blinds,
Gazing out, I wiped the legalese from my mind.
The moon shining brightly new-fallen snow
Gave the brilliance of mid-day to Oak Street below,
When, what to my CRA-blurred eyes should appear,
But a miniature sleigh, and nine tiny reindeer,
And then, in a jiffy, I heard on the roof's shingles,
The tapping of hooves and a sleigh bell's jingles.
As I let down the blinds, and was turning around,
Through the front doors St. Nicholas came with a bound.
A bunch of good loans he held out in his hand,
And a complete risk assessment, the best in the land,
His eyes twinkled brightly, while his little round belly,
Shook when he laughed like a bowl full of jelly;
He went desk-by-desk, even to the President's,
Filling all the stockings; leaving many presents,
Finally waving a hand, and a smile to me,
He walked outside, and I followed him to see;
Branches swayed as the wind gusted quickly,
And the moon glowed so brightly, almost magically.
I knew in that moment that all would be well.
The examiners would surely be under his kind spell.
As he sprang to his sleigh, petting gently his deer,
And away they all flew, full of good cheer.
But I heard him exclaim, before he flew out of sight,
"Happy Compliance to You, and to All a Good Night!"

Best takeaway for me was the word "tweakership".....i want this word to make it into the dictionary.

Thanks mtngrrl. I remember seeing this years ago and tweaked it for my new bank today.
I appreciate it.