I'm not sure how it happened exactly, but my MiL came down and then baking started and now we once again have a house full of treats: banana bread, sugar cookies, and ginger scones. Tasty, but oof.
The whole earth may be sucked into Hell, and you want my help 'cause your girlfriend's a big ho?
Buffy ,'Chosen'
Natter 31 But Looks 29
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Burrell - Jan 01, 2005 5:57:40 pm PST #2167 of 10002
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
beth b - Jan 01, 2005 8:36:30 pm PST #2168 of 10002
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
Just played Pictionary with a bunch of people , including a first grader. All of Emmett's victory dances - i thought were just part of being Emmett. I have now decided that it is part of being a boy. after every winning turn there was a major victory dance in the chair that end with a leap to the floor and a dance across the kitchen. Even after a loseing turn - as long as his team was ahead there was a victory dance. So I think it is part of being a young, smart, boy.
Thomash - Jan 01, 2005 8:51:36 pm PST #2169 of 10002
I have a plan.
Happy New Year. I made no resolutions but I did discover that it's silly to go apartment hunting on New Year's day.
Also, I have Aimee's javalina pictures. Apparently, for the last few weeks one has been hanging out in my fathers back yard. So as soon as I get a hookup to my computer, I can download them and send them to her, as requested.
DCJensen - Jan 01, 2005 9:17:42 pm PST #2170 of 10002
All is well that ends in pizza.
So I think it is part of being a young, smart, boy.
It was part of our jobs. The smart boys have it pre-programmed.
You should have seen me doing my chess dance when I was 5...
"My horse got your paw-un!" to a tune I would later realize is Pico and Sepulveda.
On the other hand, I called it a horse until I was a teenager, so maybe I wasn't so bright after all. Or just contrary.
Topic!Cindy - Jan 02, 2005 5:14:51 am PST #2171 of 10002
What is even happening?
Or just cutting to the chase.
Theodosia - Jan 02, 2005 5:54:06 am PST #2172 of 10002
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
I'm really looking forward to staying there for a couple days. I'm going to get out to the Desert Museum (for the third time!) and go walking/hiking in the parks and trails. I'm expecting it will rain some, but so what, it's not like it doesn't rain here!
Timelies all!
§ ita § - Jan 02, 2005 7:06:35 am PST #2173 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
You know what I strangely can't find? Cake flour. Did it go out of vogue? My supermarkets have two different sorts of bread flour each, but no cake. The Cake Bible and Cook's Illustrated say cake flour, and I want cake flour, dammit!
Ginger - Jan 02, 2005 7:09:31 am PST #2174 of 10002
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Cake flour is hard to find these days. At the stores I go to, it's usually down at the bottom, underneath the rows of cake mixes.
Lee - Jan 02, 2005 7:10:09 am PST #2175 of 10002
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Oddly enough, I have cake flour. How much do you need?
SailAweigh - Jan 02, 2005 7:11:26 am PST #2176 of 10002
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
You can probably take regular flour and just run it through the sifter a couple of times. Might not be as fine as real cake flour, but it will do in a pinch.