No studying? Damn! Next thing they'll tell me is I'll have to eat jelly doughnuts or sleep with a supermodel to get things done around here. I ask you, how much can one man give?

Xander ,'Conversations with Dead People'


Natter 48 Contiguous States of Denial  

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.


beth b - Nov 14, 2006 8:51:59 am PST #120 of 10007
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!

I need more flatware - mostly due to the spoon issue.

only two things are important in the marie claire article - mamgram and a good cause - whihc can be anythign big or small - just something you care about . and it doesn't have to cost money, it could just cost time.

and sorry , a 50" tv ain't gonna happen. TV, I like but it does not domminate the house, thank you very much .


sarameg - Nov 14, 2006 8:54:23 am PST #121 of 10007

And then my daughter moved in. Somehow, she had a way of losing spoons.

Hah! The last year my brother lived at home, their spoons and forks multiplied. He was bussing tables at a fairly nice place and unintentionally amassed quite a collection, which my parents discovered when they cleaned out his car.

I have some that I nabbed from them one of the summers I was passing through. And some of the covetted skinny forks. They were from a set my grandparents got in sweden for my parents, an inexpensive everyday set. But the tines are thinner and longer than usual, and the balance on the knives is perfect. Mom and I have sought for years for another set like this, with no luck.


aurelia - Nov 14, 2006 8:56:40 am PST #122 of 10007
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.

I'm hoping it was just some kind of weird delayed reaction from not having eaten anything in... uh, sixteen hours.

That could do it.

I've been having trouble working meals into my schedule lately. After I fainted a few weeks ago (I had been out of bed for maybe 2 minutes, felt a little dizzy, then suddenly I was sitting on the floor.) I started keeping my car stocked with Luna bars and VitaminWater.


Megan E. - Nov 14, 2006 8:56:54 am PST #123 of 10007

I also have a rolling duffel bag, but it's huge. I think it's a good size for transporting a dead body. So at least I'm prepared for that.

*plans to stay on Sue's good side*


bon bon - Nov 14, 2006 8:58:12 am PST #124 of 10007
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.

Plastic swizzle sticks are dah bomb and prevent much teaspoon wastage for me.

Is corelle nice? They look nice on the commercials. I'm not getting married anytime soon, but I am planning ahead.


Daisy Jane - Nov 14, 2006 9:01:38 am PST #125 of 10007
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."

Plastic swizzle sticks are dah bomb and prevent much teaspoon wastage for me.

I often use butter knives.

I am so not an adult.


sj - Nov 14, 2006 9:06:18 am PST #126 of 10007
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

sits in the not adult corner with DJ


Tom Scola - Nov 14, 2006 9:06:58 am PST #127 of 10007
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500

I only own three forks.

I can never have a dinner party.


Jesse - Nov 14, 2006 9:06:59 am PST #128 of 10007
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

So, at about 11:30 I walked over to my boss's office to confirm our 2pm meeting. She said yeah, she has it in her calendar. Where is she now? WHO KNOWS? Our whole department is a sea of empty chairs right now.


juliana - Nov 14, 2006 9:07:06 am PST #129 of 10007
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…

Plastic swizzle sticks are dah bomb and prevent much teaspoon wastage for me.

Chopsticks, baybee!