Yes, yes I was. It came down to crickets or ants (they totally need a 4-insect sampler appetiser) and the waiter recommended the crickers.
Ah. I would have headed upstairs, myself. Oh well.
Giles, if you would like to get by in American society, then you are going to have to follow our traditions. You're the patriarch. You have to host the festivities, or it's all meaningless.
Buffy ,'Sleeper'
Natter .44 Magnum: Do You Feel Chatty, Punk?
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.
Lee - Apr 16, 2006 7:30:59 am PDT #1494 of 10002
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
§ ita § - Apr 16, 2006 7:35:47 am PDT #1495 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I would have headed upstairs, myself.
They were good. In fact, we kept eating them after the main meals came, and I'm pretty sure we got every single one, sifting through the potato strings (which got eaten some), the chunks of raw garlic (which each of us tried just the once), and the peppers which were completely avoided.
I had crispy duck as the main meal, and it was great. Came with a liquid and a pile of spices for dipping. Nummy. And I had sticky rice (with mango) for the first time.
Lee - Apr 16, 2006 7:37:03 am PDT #1496 of 10002
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Yum. That sounds good. I need to come down to LA soon.
Jessica - Apr 16, 2006 7:45:15 am PDT #1497 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Heh - I just got a piece of spam with this time/datestamp:
Thursday, March 11, 1943 7:08 AM
DCJensen - Apr 16, 2006 7:53:16 am PDT #1498 of 10002
All is well that ends in pizza.
Heh - I just got a piece of spam with this time/datestamp:
Thursday, March 11, 1943 7:08 AM
Apparently the post office was handling email. By pre-ENIAC systems...
Maybe the ENIGMA machine sent it....
beth b - Apr 16, 2006 7:56:47 am PDT #1499 of 10002
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
I am going to come back as a Rhino
happy birthday Noisedesign
Strix - Apr 16, 2006 8:24:27 am PDT #1500 of 10002
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
I will be a parrot in my next life. Huh.
Matt the Bruins fan - Apr 16, 2006 8:29:41 am PDT #1501 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
Heh - I just got a piece of spam with this time/datestamp:
Thursday, March 11, 1943 7:08 AM
Someone needs to tell those sailors on the Eldridge to quit goofing off and get back to work pulling their fellows out of the bulkheads.
Theodosia - Apr 16, 2006 9:03:37 am PDT #1502 of 10002
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Can tortilla chips be made kosher-for-Passover? They certainly don't rise any more than matzah does....
Jesse - Apr 16, 2006 9:11:57 am PDT #1503 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Happy Easter, people who are into that kind of thing!
Did you hear that baking powder and baking soda can be considered kosher for Passover now (if they're certified by Orthodox kosher-for-Passover certification people)? (The logic apparently being, well, if they'd had baking powder at the time, there would have been time to make biscuits just as easily as matzah.)
I have to say, this seems awfully liberal, coming from the religion that gave you "If you might confuse the grains in the storeroom in the dark, better not eat any of them." But what do I know from Judaism?
What I do know is I saw an adorable Hassidic family walking through the Easter Parade on 5th Ave -- a dad with two little girls and one little boy, all holding hands, in matching outfits. Well, color-coordinated, in the case of the boy. Super cute!