Yes, it's terribly simple. The good guys are always stalwart and true, the bad guys are easily distinguished by their pointy horns or black hats, and, uh, we always defeat them and save the day. No one ever dies, and everybody lives happily ever after.

Giles ,'Conversations with Dead People'


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.


Cashmere - Nov 01, 2006 9:00:26 am PST #6771 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.

Crap. Got an email that our credit union is merging with the bank owned by DH's company. Somehow, I doubt this merger is going to benefit the membership.


askye - Nov 01, 2006 9:08:29 am PST #6772 of 10001
Thrive to spite them

Sparky - This issue of Vegetarian Times had some interesting Thanksgiving recipes and there were some vegan recipes in there.


erikaj - Nov 01, 2006 9:09:42 am PST #6773 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!

Wow, j, I read you with my obssession goggles...cause I read "Marinara" as "marijuana". It was a John Munch moment. I thought "Wow, SF really is different" I am a dumbass.


Toddson - Nov 01, 2006 9:10:33 am PST #6774 of 10001
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"

So what kind of sauce do YOU put on your marijuana?


Amy - Nov 01, 2006 9:11:40 am PST #6775 of 10001
Because books.

Marijuana sauce could make today better.


Gudanov - Nov 01, 2006 9:12:17 am PST #6776 of 10001
Coding and Sleeping

I thought people just laced bananas with it.


erikaj - Nov 01, 2006 9:13:29 am PST #6777 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!

I have never used it with sour cream...suspect it of being white- girl like a grilled-cheese sandwich.


Jesse - Nov 01, 2006 9:14:06 am PST #6778 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

I'm skimming past the banana bread talk as I try to ignore the carrot cake calling my name from kitchen.

FWIW, if you're paying off a mortgage, it's really building equity, so in a sense a lot of that 50% is going into your net worth.

AND, don't you get a tax deduction on the payments? So the net cost to you is actually less than the check you write?


msbelle - Nov 01, 2006 9:17:57 am PST #6779 of 10001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

YAY! Jesse also making me feel better.

I am starting to slide down mood hill into grumpy valley.


Liese S. - Nov 01, 2006 9:18:41 am PST #6780 of 10001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."

Mmm. Carrot cake.

I'm trying to ignore the upsetting rent/mortgage discussion, as I pay more than 50% of my salary on rent, and that's with taking a raise upon moving. And I'm trying to get into buying land and building and creating equity, but I just heard from my realtor today that in order to put in a septic system on perked land, I need to buy at least an acre. Which is what I wanted all that time ago, but gave up on as too expensive. I cannot understand for the life of me why property values in this area are so completely out of whack. They're priced like lots in freaking Hawaii for heaven's sake.

I love where I live. It's very pretty. But I'll be damned if I'm going to spend a half a million dollars on a small in-city lot and *not be in Hawaii*.