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§ ita § - Apr 11, 2006 8:29:13 am PDT #203 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

They served us monkfish liver when Perkins and I last did omakase. Christ, that was horrible. So my omakase no-no list is now chicken eggs, tentacled beasts of the sea, and any liver. Blecch.

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Lee - Apr 11, 2006 8:31:41 am PDT #204 of 10002
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.

They served us monkfish liver when Perkins and I last did omakase. Christ, that was horrible. So my omakase no-no list is now chicken eggs, tentacled beasts of the sea, and any liver. Blecch.

I didn't think it was that bad, but yeah, there is too much other really good stuff to bother with the "I guess it's not that bad" stuff. I like it better than the urchin though.

eta: and now I want to go have omakase at the Hump. Sad.


TomW - Apr 11, 2006 8:32:34 am PDT #205 of 10002
"The fact that we live at the bottom of a deep gravity well, on the surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles away and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be."

tentacled beasts of the sea

Now *that's* a menu item.


Lee - Apr 11, 2006 8:33:24 am PDT #206 of 10002
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.

tentacled beasts of the sea

Now *that's* a menu item.

Especially when they are still moving.


§ ita § - Apr 11, 2006 8:33:27 am PDT #207 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Had urchin when I went out for my birthday. It wasn't something I'd seek out, but it also wasn't something that I needed to get out of my mouth ASAP. The monkfish liver definitely was in that category.


Betsy HP - Apr 11, 2006 8:35:19 am PDT #208 of 10002
If I only had a brain...

I, for one, am always more empowered when photographed naked. It's a thing.


§ ita § - Apr 11, 2006 8:36:53 am PDT #209 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I haven't been photographed naked lately. Perhaps that's why I am sometimes ineffective.


Frankenbuddha - Apr 11, 2006 8:37:56 am PDT #210 of 10002
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

my omakase no-no list is now chicken eggs, tentacled beasts of the sea, and any liver

See, I love chicken eggs. Not so much hardboiled (or deviled - yechh) but scrambled, poached, over easy, sunny side up, in omlettes, in quiche, in cheese souffle - all of teh yum. And I don't mind calamari, though I don't seek it out. I didn't realize monkfish was tentacled, though. I just thought it was fugly. Somehow missed the liver next to the monkfish.

Weirdest thing I enjoyed was escargot, and though I guess almost anything with that much butter and garlic would taste good, I was surprised the texture didn't gross me out.

Weirdest vegatable I like is fiddleheads, but they have to be prepared right or they are Nasty.


§ ita § - Apr 11, 2006 8:39:02 am PDT #211 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I didn't realize monkfish was tentacled, though. I just thought it was fugly.

I have no problem with the bits of monkfish that aren't its liver.


tommyrot - Apr 11, 2006 8:40:22 am PDT #212 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

Hobby rocketry involves everything from those little A, B and C - motored rockets many of us played with as a kid up through O-powered behemoths. Every time you go up a letter, the maximum power doubles.

I thought you'd want to see the onboard video from Peter Clay's rocket, the U.S.S. Bakula.

When the rocket breaks the sound barrier, look at how the fins twist and bend! The fins are made of "G-10," an incredibly rigid fiberglass material. The fins were strengthened with extra fiber glass!

The video's great, and we rocket scientists are going to learn a lot from it. I thought your readers might want to see this video that's making the rounds.

The video's wild - all of a sudden the fins start twisting like they're made of rubber....