I prefer ______________ to _______________.

[Cheri]

an original thought to that worn out cliche: 'you gotta think outside the box'

[~Geektastic~]

a nail through my skull to the words proactive or synergy

[Lobstergirl, el principe]

I'm not clear on whether you prefer proactive to synergy, or synergy to proactive.

[[deleted user]]

I prefer Samantha Stosur to Serena Williams.

[Lobstergirl, el principe]

I prefer not looking at Serena Williams' tennis costumes, to looking at them.

[[deleted user]]

I prefer John McEnroe to Jimmy Connors. But, if you could harness their combined anger back when they were both in their line-judge-abusing prime, we might have been able to power back up that Northeast grid that went down back in 2003.

[~Geektastic~]

Lobstergirl wrote: "I'm not clear on whether you prefer proactive to synergy, or synergy to proactive."

to clarify: I prefer a sharp, metal object hammered into my skull to hearing a human being utter either of those words in my presence

[Scout]

email to e-mail Hyphens are a pain to type.

[Lobstergirl, el principe]

You're telling me. Writers from the past use them so much more, too. Apparently no one back in the days of yore could type fencepost, backyard, hotdog, turtledove. It was always fence-post, back-yard, hot-dog etc. Fuck that. If you're typing really fast, and have to pause for all those hyphens, you become ragey. I'm trying to teach my middle finger to fly up there to the hyphen, but it doesn't always work.

[Félix]

Middle-finger that.

[Sally, la reina]

IMHO "trying to teach my middle finger to fly up there to the hyphen" sounds dirty.

[Félix]

It's a strong implication. Or something.

[Janice]

Sally wrote: "IMHO "trying to teach my middle finger to fly up there to the hyphen" sounds dirty."

I'll say. :)

[[deleted user]]

Kolchak the Night Stalker to Scully and Mulder

The Banana Splits and the Archies to Hannah Montana and the Jonas Brothers

Pre-1990 NHL-style hockey to European-style, dump-and-chase NHL hockey

Joan Jett to Avril Lavigne

Chef Gordon Ramsey to Chef Graham Kerr

Man-in-a-rubber-suit Godzilla to CGI Godzilla

[Lee]

A young healthy pup to having to put down one of your family pets.

Had to put our 12 year old Border Collie/Sheltie mix down yesterday. He had total renal failure.

RIP, Garrett

[Félix]

Sorry, Lee. Such a sad time.

[Lee]

Thanks, Larry.

Dog years they live longer....human years they don't.

[Amy]

Dog years have better quality, too (at least for my dog)!

[janine]

I'm sorry to hear about your dog, Lee.

[~Geektastic~]

So sorry about Garrett, Lee. It's so hard to lose a pet, but I'm glad you had him for 12 great years.

[Lee]

Thank you, Janine & Amber. Your right Amber, it was 12 good years. Now, I gotta put up with the two "little yappers" we have! Rat Terrier mix & a Minature Dachshund...:)

[Mark]

Pepsi to coke
Winter to Summer
Books to Tv
Cooking to eating out
English to business and corporate speech
Female friends to Male friends
Running to walking
Rain to dull but no rain
Scientific materialism to Religiosity
Coffee to tea
Comedy to Drama
Darkness to light
And so on.

[Jim]

Sorry about your dog Lee.

[Carol]

Sorry to hear about Garrett, Lee. Hope you can think of good memories without it hurting so much comes soon.

[Janice]

Aww! I'm so sorry, Lee.

[Jonathan]

Really sorry about Garrett, Lee. Losing a pet can be very tough. Hang in there.

[Lee]

Thanks a lot folks....never thought I'd say this...but, I miss picking up clumps of black hair! :)

As you can see, this pic was almost four years ago.

[Amy]

When my Great Pyranees passed away a few months ago I cried every time I vacuumed the house for about 6 weeks. It's so difficult losing a dog. However, I look back at the blessing of having had that relationship. Hope you heal quickly from the loss and cherish the good memories forever.

[Scout]

I prefer living with a canine to living with a dog (the human kind).

[Lee]

lol....agree Scout.

Thank you, Amy, it was 12 good years.

[Jammies]

Lee, my condolences--I've lost two old dogs in the last two years, so I understand completely.

I prefer coolness to warmth, but sunlight to gloom.

[Jammies]

P.S., for Clark:

One banana, two banana
Three banana, four
Four bananas make a bunch
And so do many more!

[Cynthia]

Garrett is adorable. He and Carl might be cousins. So sorry, Lee.

[[deleted user]]

Jammies wrote: "P.S., for Clark:

One banana, two banana
Three banana, four
Four bananas make a bunch
And so do many more!"

See, Jammies gets it!

Check this out, but hold on to your ass at the 1:19 mark because it really takes off:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flMS2g...

[Lee]

Thanks, Jammies. This is our second in 5 years. Levi was tougher for me, cuz he was the kids' first dog also.

Thank you, Cynthia.

[Angela~twistedmind~]

Sorry to hear about your loss, Lee.
Sometimes I wonder, just what is it about those little fuckers that takes hold of our hearts and wraps us up around their, um, little tails?
I have a mini dachshund, officially named Limp Bizkit, but goes by Bizkit. He was abused by the breeder bitch we got him from. His hip was dislocated and never correctly set, so the little thing has a limp. Has to swing him right leg out when he walks. But, damned if he can't run his little ass off. He's got Mr. Angela completely whupped.

[Lee]

Thank you, Angela. Yep, they do that to us.

Here's the wife's mini long-haired dachshund. Kids gave him a "big dog" name... Grizzly, goes by Grizz. She has lost two lap cats to foxes, so she has a lapdog!

[Carol]

I prefer snow to cold rain
hardwood to carpet
french toast to pancakes