But? There's always a but. When this is over, can we have a big 'but' moratorium?

Fred ,'Smile Time'


Natter 47: My Brilliance Is Wasted On You People  

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.


esse - Oct 27, 2006 9:32:29 am PDT #6020 of 10001
S to the A -- using they/them pronouns!

TC: oh, the rice. yeah. okay, you should be able to cook rice, but t memfault got off the hook a little from me because you can get shitty rice if it's left over the next day. not always, but often enough that I felt for him. he should have made new rice--with a rice cooker it doesn't take that long, srsly!--but it didn't make or break the dish the way the gelatin did. I was cheering him on, though, because he gave the team the reaming they deserved, and that they didn't get from the judges' table.

Does anyone else think Ilan and Marcel are kind of slashy? Just me then? Okay.

Sean, I agree with you. they all noted that Otto being gone really fucked with their time, and they deserved that because no one took freaking responsibility. But Otto shouldn't have had all the damn weight on his shoulders. Also, if the kitchen knew that the lychees WEREN'T BEING USED, that even pisses me off more that Marisa was such a bitch.


Sean K - Oct 27, 2006 9:32:37 am PDT #6021 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty

10 Useless or Even Dangerous First Aid Myths

I knew pretty much all of those. Particularly the bit about snake bites. Cutting sucking and spitting is just a bad idea all around for all the reasons they mention, and a tourniquet is basically telling the ER doctors to amputate here.


Liese S. - Oct 27, 2006 9:34:32 am PDT #6022 of 10001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."

Neener, neener, sj.

Anyway, I just thought it was interesting about the rice that Frank said they were all responsible but only he stepped up and took the heat for it. Group projects are so interesting because of that dynamic. Unless you get things like Betty taking the drink entirely, it's tough to know who did what and people slide sometimes.

But it's funny, because if they're throwing each other under the bus this early in the process, it should be a freaking bloodbath later on.


sarameg - Oct 27, 2006 9:39:34 am PDT #6023 of 10001

sarameg, give me my sleep back please.

I'm trying. It's getting ridiculous.


Amy - Oct 27, 2006 9:39:55 am PDT #6024 of 10001
Because books.

Top Chef: Marisa better go home soon. She's got self-righteous drama queen written all over her.

Frank's reaction was interesting -- he *was* the only one to both step up for his own mistake, and defend the team as a whole. Looks like he could be a real loose cannon temperamentally, though.

I can't believe I forgot to read Chef Tom's blog.


sumi - Oct 27, 2006 9:42:25 am PDT #6025 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!

Oh, I think that Otto should have stopped and asked to see the receipt - and Marissa and Elia should have done the same, given that they both heard him. How difficult is it to stop for 5 seconds, read a receipt and make that decision?

And they definitely should have been able to make decent rice. How big a rice cooker do you need to make rice for 1000 people?


Jessica - Oct 27, 2006 9:44:23 am PDT #6026 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

You can't make up headlines like this...


tommyrot - Oct 27, 2006 9:58:33 am PDT #6027 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

You can't make up headlines like this...

That's an awesome headline. Not quite as cool as "Headless Corpse Found in Topless Bar," but still....


Tom Scola - Oct 27, 2006 10:24:16 am PDT #6028 of 10001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

I was just emailed the following request:

We have met today to discuss configuration and access to QA for Person B and Person C ( as a reminder they are not developers ) and PROD environment for Person B and myself( Person A). Person B is suppose to provide support for QA and production. Person C is a backup person in QA and I am a backup person in PROD. ...

The person writing this is a manager.

Head → Desk
Head → Desk


Topic!Cindy - Oct 27, 2006 10:40:24 am PDT #6029 of 10001
What is even happening?

You can't make up headlines like this...

Maybe not, but I think they set their phasers to "overkill" with their use of 'fingered' in the text of the article. ijs.