Marco: Do we look reasonable to you? Mal: Well. Looks can be deceiving. Jayne: Not as deceiving as a low down dirty... deceiver.

'Out Of Gas'


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.


brenda m - Jan 07, 2005 8:26:41 am PST #3857 of 10002
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there

That's crazy talk, Lee.


sarameg - Jan 07, 2005 8:27:35 am PST #3858 of 10002

I pretty much water the monster jade plant that came with the office every friday.

It really needs to be repotted, but I'm kind of afraid to move it, as its armsbranches are coming close to suspending the pot in midair and I'd probably break a lot of them.

I know pruning=good, I'm just resistant to it.


-t - Jan 07, 2005 8:29:19 am PST #3859 of 10002
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

I have steel cut oatmeal sitting in my kitchen, but I never make it because of the long prep time. When it occurs to me that it would taste good, I'm hungry right then, y'know? I think I originally bought it to be an ingredient rather than a meal, though.


Theodosia - Jan 07, 2005 8:32:21 am PST #3860 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"

Some plants like a little pruning -- they're genetically built to survive getting nibbled on.


Scrappy - Jan 07, 2005 8:33:31 am PST #3861 of 10002
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.

ita-- we have the overnight oatmeal a lot. Yummy, easy, and it's great to throw in various combos of dried fruit so it's different every time.


Jesse - Jan 07, 2005 8:33:44 am PST #3862 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

The recipe I was given at work involved simmering for 45 minutes. Alton's recipe seems like less work.

I hadn't actually scrolled down before. If you have a crock pot, that seems like a perfectly reasonable thing to do.

But I still laugh remembering my mother calling me with an emergency tone in her voice to tell me that crepes are not the big fucking deal (her words) Alton was making them out to be.


Jessica - Jan 07, 2005 8:35:01 am PST #3863 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

Cook's Illustrated did an oatmeal test a while back, and concluded that steel-cut kicks the collective asses of other oatmeals out there, and is therefore worth the extra time/effort. Not being a fan of oatmeal in any form, I have yet to confirm this in my own kitchen.


Lee - Jan 07, 2005 8:35:20 am PST #3864 of 10002
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.

That's crazy talk, Lee.

You could be right. I also think bacon=teh gross, so most people don't agree with me when it comes to breakfast food.

eta:

Not being a fan of oatmeal in any form, I have yet to confirm this in my own kitchen.

Ha! At least Jess agrees with me.


§ ita § - Jan 07, 2005 8:35:38 am PST #3865 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

You know, the only e-mails I get that suggest I get a better e-mail program are spams. What precisely is my motivation, then, to heed their terse admonition?

I think I'll try the crock oatmeal -- how does it reheat?


Sue - Jan 07, 2005 8:36:26 am PST #3866 of 10002
hip deep in pie

I'm bored. Can someone make the afternoon go faster?