Get up...get up, you stupid piece of... What did you do that for? What's wrong with you? Didn't you hear a word he said? All of you! You think there's someone just going to drop money on you?! Money they could use?! Well, there ain't people like that. There's just people like me.

Jayne ,'Jaynestown'


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.


Kat - Nov 14, 2006 4:49:11 pm PST #293 of 10007
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

Kristin, how is the new school?

skipping krav, ita? whoa! Also, friday AM might be better because I'm finding afternoons to be a little roogey.


sarameg - Nov 14, 2006 4:49:23 pm PST #294 of 10007

I can't answer the last question, but the nice people here could probably tell you where to find money managing help. Unfortunately, that's not me, as I have a luddite's manner of managing money that I don't really recommend in this day and age. At least I'm not stuffing it in my mattress...

True story: Sometime after my mom's parents' had their first kid of 6, the farmhouse burned down. Grandpa nearly had a stroke. All their money was in an old fur coat in the house!!! - This was the Depression.- Except Grandma had decided to air out the winter coats in the chicken coop (um, why this constitutes an airing, I still don't get.) So the money didn't burn. They lived in the chicken coop until the new house was built. The new house still stands, though my uncle built a new new house 5 years or so ago. The new new house is fantastic, but I'll always love the old farmhouse and its stories.


Pix - Nov 14, 2006 4:54:37 pm PST #295 of 10007
The status is NOT quo.

Kat, it's amazing. A true bright spot in my life; I love it there.

How is school(s) going for you?


shrift - Nov 14, 2006 4:56:40 pm PST #296 of 10007
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty

I am proud to say that I made it to the grocery store today. Now I have chocolate and beer and fresh fruit and veg.

And tofu. It doesn't take very much tofu to make pad thai, which is what I had for dinner. What the hell do I make with the rest of this tofu?


Ailleann - Nov 14, 2006 4:58:01 pm PST #297 of 10007
vanguard of the socialist Hollywood liberal homosexualist agenda

House: I'm so glad that the costume folks have remembered that Hugh Laurie looks really really good in a vintage t-shirt and worn jeans.


sarameg - Nov 14, 2006 5:01:03 pm PST #298 of 10007

I really like the way The Unit tells a story. Maybe I'm a sucker, but I do.


Kat - Nov 14, 2006 5:02:48 pm PST #299 of 10007
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

glad things are good!

I am enjoying my course load this year and my students are interesting. But I've been sick off and on and am missing a lot of school (when I finally go back, I'll have been out for 2 weeks) so my kids are all adrift.

Grad school? oof. Victorian lit, while easier than Chaucer, not my bag. And Chaucer in Middle English just makes me feel stupid.


Jesse - Nov 14, 2006 5:04:23 pm PST #300 of 10007
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Man, now I'm totally sucked into that damn Funny Farm thing, and don't feel like going to bed, and will watch Nip/Tuck, even though I have to get up early tomorrow! I am Teh Lame.


Steph L. - Nov 14, 2006 5:06:10 pm PST #301 of 10007
I look more rad than Lutheranism

What the hell do I make with the rest of this tofu?

I'm serious on this: cut it into slices that are maybe 1/2 inch thick at the most; wrap each slice in plastic wrap; freeze the slices overnight; next day, unwrap the slices and press them between paper towels to get any additional moisture out (the freezing will have removeda good bit of the moisture); then fling the slices in a baking dish, dump BBQ sauce (or any sauce you desire) on top, and bake at 400-ish for 25-30 minutes.

The result has the texture of chicken, and BBQ sauce (which is my only experience with this recipe) has such a strong flavor that that's all you taste. So it's like baked chicken.


sarameg - Nov 14, 2006 5:07:35 pm PST #302 of 10007

There's a restaurant here called Crack Pot. Seems their specialty is crab cakes (ew!) Spokesman is the most grey personality ever.