On my seventh birthday, I wanted a toy fire truck, and I didn't get it, and you were real nice about it, and then the house next door burnt down, and then real firetrucks came, and for years I thought you set the fire for me. And if you did, you can tell me!

Xander ,'Same Time, Same Place'


Natter 36: But We Digress...  

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 § - Jun 18, 2005 7:19:52 am PDT #2866 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Now I'm curious about iced Blue Mountain. Do you just make it and chill it, or is there magic?


Pete, Husband of Jilli - Jun 18, 2005 7:29:48 am PDT #2867 of 10001
"I've got a gun! I've got a mother-flippin' gun!" - Moss, The IT Crowd

And we are about to head out to watch the Fremont Solstice Parade with its usual crazy batch of nude cyclists. Funnier still is that one of our friends will be among the cyclists numbers this year.

Hilarity ensues.


Pete, Husband of Jilli - Jun 18, 2005 7:34:25 am PDT #2868 of 10001
"I've got a gun! I've got a mother-flippin' gun!" - Moss, The IT Crowd

Or maybe I should have phrased the above post as -

"In a very special episode of the Pete & Jilli show..."


P.M. Marc - Jun 18, 2005 7:42:24 am PDT #2869 of 10001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear

"In a very special episode of the Pete & Jilli show..."

Will you be taking pictures of the friend in question?


aurelia - Jun 18, 2005 7:53:31 am PDT #2870 of 10001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.

Is this show in need of any tech crew?


Steph L. - Jun 18, 2005 8:04:28 am PDT #2871 of 10001
I look more rad than Lutheranism

Now I'm curious about iced Blue Mountain. Do you just make it and chill it, or is there magic?

Well, the way I make iced coffee (note: random Trader Joe's coffee, not Blue Mountain, though said method could be used with Blue Mountain just as well) is like so: (1) in the evening, brew however much coffee you plan to drink; (2) when coffee is brewed, place carafe (or, if you like, pour coffee into a cup/mug/etc.) in the refrigerator; (3) in the morning -- iced coffee!

It's a beautiful thing.


Amy - Jun 18, 2005 8:07:03 am PDT #2872 of 10001
Because books.

Biking in the nude just seems...uncomfortable. To say the very least.


Cass - Jun 18, 2005 8:10:45 am PDT #2873 of 10001
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.

Thank you all for the lovely birthday wishes. 'Twas quite the lovely day yesterday and the weekend still continues.

I have gorgeous Gerber daisies too.

I'm going horseback riding this afternoon for the first time in two decades. I've got a kitten or two on not being able to walk Sunday.

I want more coffee now. It will have to be decaf if I do because coffee, she hath already been had today. Twice. The slut.


Cashmere - Jun 18, 2005 8:13:06 am PDT #2874 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.

Biking in the nude just seems...uncomfortable. To say the very least.

Yeah. There could be pinching issues.


Beverly - Jun 18, 2005 8:15:20 am PDT #2875 of 10001
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.

In the summer, I make extra coffee, often extra-strong, add half-&-half and sugar and put it in the fridge. Last thing at night I pour it into a shaker , shake hard and add a straw (bendy or not) and put it in the freezer. In the AM, I take it out and let it sit on the counter while I make morning (hot) coffee, shower, dress, etc. When I'm ready to leave, it's thawed enough I can remove the straw, close the shaker cap and shake vigourously, reinsert the straw and have an iced coffee slushee to take with me.