shudder. poor momma whales.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
(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.