Now I did a job. I got nothing but trouble since I did it, not to mention more than a few unkind words as regard to my character so let me make this abundantly clear. I do the job. And then I get paid.

Mal ,'Serenity'


Natter 32 Flavors and Then Some  

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.


Betsy HP - Feb 07, 2005 12:36:27 pm PST #4687 of 10002
If I only had a brain...

So? We assume stretch ears.


Kat - Feb 07, 2005 12:39:42 pm PST #4688 of 10002
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

shudder. poor momma whales.


Kat - Feb 07, 2005 12:41:42 pm PST #4689 of 10002
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

In other news: I'm having a porto's fruit tart right now and it's fucking awesome. the cuban cake? NSM. But the tart = the yum.

And the carmel eclair seems promising.

Why yes, I am still on vacation.


§ ita § - Feb 07, 2005 12:50:55 pm PST #4690 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I'm eating a half-chocolate cheesecake with a cakey crust.

It's okay. I had to scrape nuts off the top. Boss¹ has just come by and tsked (closed captioning has recently shown me I've been pronouncing 'tsk' wrong. am chagrined) because there are to be treats in our meeting, it seems.

I can never remember all my questions at once -- traffic school mentioned, repeatedly, the idea of signalling the driver behind you by flashing your brake lights twice. Is there some magic way to do that without, oh, slowing down?

¹: She has removed all my Oxford commas from the project plan. She'd better give me treats.


Jesse - Feb 07, 2005 12:55:34 pm PST #4691 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

I wish I had cheesecake. I will resist!

Actually, I figured out what might be the perfect afternoon non-snack earlier: A small coffee with one squirt of French Vanilla coffee, the rest decaf, half-n-half, and a little sugar. (Well, sweet-n-low.) Not too French Vanilla-y, not too sweet, not too caffinated, just right.


Kalshane - Feb 07, 2005 1:01:27 pm PST #4692 of 10002
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why? Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.

I can never remember all my questions at once -- traffic school mentioned, repeatedly, the idea of signalling the driver behind you by flashing your brake lights twice. Is there some magic way to do that without, oh, slowing down?

How much slow down are we talking about? Because most cars if you just tap the pedal won't apply any braking but will activate the lights. But you're still going to lose a bit of speed from letting off the accelerator.


DavidS - Feb 07, 2005 1:24:17 pm PST #4693 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

tiki restaurant?

I have a yen to build a backyard tiki-shack.

You should! JZ has done our nerdhole with a tiki theme.

signed,
Regular Columnist With Tiki News


Lee - Feb 07, 2005 1:32:11 pm PST #4694 of 10002
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.

I went up to SF with Alibelle this weekend to have dinner with G&J

Ahem! I may be lurky this month, but I'm still here!

Meep. AND SPARKY1 AND HER DH, WHO ARE TEH AWESOME.


Matt the Bruins fan - Feb 07, 2005 1:42:32 pm PST #4695 of 10002
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand

My cellphone ring is "Toreador." Which, when it rings, always earworms me with the Skipper singing "Neither a lender, nor a borrower be..." to the tune.


Topic!Cindy - Feb 07, 2005 2:34:49 pm PST #4696 of 10002
What is even happening?

(closed captioning has recently shown me I've been pronouncing 'tsk' wrong. am chagrined)
How were you pronouncing it and what did closed captioning show you re the correction.

If I'm talking about someone who tsked me, I pronounce it like, "He tissked me." If I am the tsker, it's akin to a tongue cluck, but it's not clucky sounding, it's almost more of a kiss sound, but it's made by forcefully pulling the tip of the tongue down from the roof of the mouth--right behind the front teeth.