Inara: Who's winning? Simon: I can't tell. They don't seem to be playing by any civilized rules that I know.

'Bushwhacked'


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.


§ ita § - Feb 22, 2005 8:47:00 am PST #9883 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

ita is dead to me.

More air, less sugar. I gotta vote that way. Plus the fat stays liquid at lower temperatures. Always a win.


Topic!Cindy - Feb 22, 2005 8:49:41 am PST #9884 of 10002
What is even happening?

Well, you see, Cook's Illustrated can be obtained in exchange for goods, preferably money in paper or plastic form. It can be found at many a grocery store and book store. This is how we have obtained our current CI, until the next one, when it will be magically delivered to our home.
Um, thanks?


shrift - Feb 22, 2005 9:00:46 am PST #9885 of 10002
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty

So ironic, the slayer of duckies being nibbled to death herself...

Hey, I haven't killed a duck in a really long time!


Megan E. - Feb 22, 2005 9:01:42 am PST #9886 of 10002

This has been a day from suck. I've developed a headache and I can't take anything for it since I'm allergic to everything.

I'm meeting my husband for a beer after work because of the suckiness that is work - both our works. SUCK!!


Ginger - Feb 22, 2005 9:12:39 am PST #9887 of 10002
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda

Ganache is even better than buttercream.

Of course it's better. It's cream. It's chocolate. It's easy. What's not to like?


Anne W. - Feb 22, 2005 9:14:18 am PST #9888 of 10002
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.

(runs off with all the buttercream, since no one else seems to appreciate it)


Ouise - Feb 22, 2005 9:15:32 am PST #9889 of 10002
Socks are a running theme throughout the series. They are used as symbols of freedom, redemption and love.

Chiming in on the crappy day front, although for me it's just a cold and a headache. Somehow headaches don't feel like a "just" when I'm having one.

Megan, I hope the beer helps.


Betsy HP - Feb 22, 2005 9:16:45 am PST #9890 of 10002
If I only had a brain...

I went to my physical therapist, who pointed out that I'm walking around all slanted with my left shoulder up.

We did more exercises. Then she did my shoulder with the zappy electric thing: tape on electrodes, put an ice bag, walk away and leave me to twitch for 15 minutes. Anybody know what the zappy twitchy thing is? She calls it "ice and stim", if that helps.


Calli - Feb 22, 2005 9:16:45 am PST #9891 of 10002
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs

I'm in that stage where I know what I want to do with the next 5-10 years of my life, but I'm not entirely sure how to get there from here. Very distracting.


P.M. Marc - Feb 22, 2005 9:16:56 am PST #9892 of 10002
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear

We're having an early spring on account of unseasonable warmth. This means things are blooming, pollen counts are up, and my already stuffed and irritated sinuses are even more stuffed an irritated. Joy.