I've really got to learn to just do the damage and get out of town. It's the 'stay and gloat' that gets me every time.

Ethan Rayne ,'Potential'


Natter .38 Special  

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.


Nutty - Aug 31, 2005 12:27:57 pm PDT #3234 of 10002
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."

Buffistas, though, isn't a bar, it's more like a coffeehouse.

David S. likes to call it a cocktail party. And yes, we're a lot less jostle-y than several male-dominated boards I've been on.

And like a barfly in a Starbucks, I feel like I'm just jostling around and making an ass of myself.

This is called "falling into the guacamole" and is a time-honored tradition! Okay, it is just something we all do. I haven't noticed an conspicuous avocado today, but, I haven't been 100% paying attention.

Although I am a fan of lurky information-gathering (I am kind of a sneak myself), I do hope you'll rejoin the conversation when you feel qualified to do so, dw. New perspectives are always good. Also, whom else can I ask stupid questions about the geography and culture of Oklahoma? We have several Utah peeps, folk from KC, Minnesota representing, and numerous foreign correspondents, but nobody else from Oklahoma that I know of.


Atropa - Aug 31, 2005 12:28:00 pm PDT #3235 of 10002
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.

Is gingerbread bread or cake?

Gingerbread is (are?) bats. Which I might bake a batch of when the weather stays cool for a few days.


Wolfram - Aug 31, 2005 12:28:19 pm PDT #3236 of 10002
Visilurking

So... I'm just going to curtail my posting significantly and lurk a lot more. This isn't a culture I understand well enough yet to be a productive member of b.org. The less I talk, the less damage I can do.

Maybe I over-skimmed, but you really seemed to fit right in and I don't think you so much as annoyed anyone much less pissed anyone off. Like Gud, I also thought you were an old-timer. Anyway, we totally need more barflies in our coffeehouse. Seriously.


Consuela - Aug 31, 2005 12:28:37 pm PDT #3237 of 10002
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

dw, it takes a while to adjust to board culture, but I haven't noticed any higher level of kerfuffling today than usual, so don't take it too much to heart, whatever happens.


ChiKat - Aug 31, 2005 12:29:04 pm PDT #3238 of 10002
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?

For me, cakes contain eggs. Breads do not.


juliana - Aug 31, 2005 12:29:04 pm PDT #3239 of 10002
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…

dw, I don't see it that way. Sorry you feel uncomfortable.

Even oatmeal cookies? I'm all about the chewiness.

I already put in over and above the usual amount of oatmeal, so I get the chewiness that way. It's purely a me distinction, I think.


Nutty - Aug 31, 2005 12:30:02 pm PDT #3240 of 10002
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."

Is gingerbread bread or cake?

This is a question for the ages, I think.

I never saw gingerbread in bread/cake format until I was an adult. I always had gingerbread cookies, so I thought that was what gignerbread meant -- flat, hard cookies. Seeing inch-tall cake was a bit alarming.


Consuela - Aug 31, 2005 12:30:02 pm PDT #3241 of 10002
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

Oh, and Nutty's totally right about the guacamole. I'm never getting the green stains out of that one sweater from back in 2001...


Nutty - Aug 31, 2005 12:31:28 pm PDT #3242 of 10002
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."

For me, cakes contain eggs. Breads do not.

Chikat, is challah a cake then, in your mind? Because, my thought was no, and that takes 4 eggs. But brioche, yes, and that is several eggs. Both of them totally drown in butter, too.


Gudanov - Aug 31, 2005 12:31:45 pm PDT #3243 of 10002
Coding and Sleeping

If you can make a good grilled cheese sandwich with it, it's bread. Otherwise, cake.