Liese, that's totally cool. I must try it.

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Video of icy streets in (I think) Portland

E from my friend P on the snowpocolypse

Oh, don't try the driving in snow.

It's not so much you as the idiot who will slide into you.

Although, actually, thinking about your car...... the person who will be doing the sliding is now in question.

Which? Less patronizing than it sounds since I have tires that need to be replaced even for non-icy conditions on my Mustang convertible and my last time on a skid pad at a driving course was over a decade ago. I know more than the drivers in that video but I don't harbor any fantasies that I am going to make the drifting highlight reels anytime soon.

That video? Damn, we don't have the smartest drivers here, do we?

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Plates?

Hmmmm. I suppose I could start buying those paper towels that have the perf lines closer together....

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This has got to be one of the weirdest Japanese products ever: [link]

It's this swan-head that you wear, and it, um... it's hard to explain....

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Oh, and if I eat out, I try to split the dish in thirds, and only eat a third.

yeah, I sometimes ask for a box when the food arrives, and put the extra in the box immediately. Then I don't have "just another bite" and "one more" until it's not worth saving. If I'm still hungry, I'll eat what's in the box, but that almost never happens.

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You know, my dad had a "you can't leave the table until you clean your plate" sort of upbringing and he HATED IT so we never had that.

We had that, but we also had the key counterbalance of "you serve yourself". Like Kathy though, I still have a very hard time leaving anything on my plate, which is problematic in restaurants. And, one of my best friends from college, even in the most casual circumstances, will plate her husband's and my food. Drives me crazy.

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Huh. I think I may have food poisoning.

Kinda wish I didn't.

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It totally rocks, sumi, try it.

Top Chef: WTF is right, for both things! That was just completely wrong and upsetting. I hate Marcel with the best of them, but yeesh.

Anyway. I'm glad they'll get their shot in Hawaii, but I think this competition has turned really ugly. I wish they'd found some other way to work out their problems. It's just not fun to watch.

Also? What is up with Elia and chocolate? The fumes must trigger her breakdowns or something.

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Oh, about food on the plate? Turns out I had the opposite thing. Evidently I almost always left food on the plate, at least a bite. I never knew I did it, though, until my SO finally told me. I knew I did for like, fast food. I'd get to the end and the last bite would just seem completely unappetizing. But I didn't realize I did it always. Very odd. But the small plate thing seems to have cured that, too.

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Sporking becomes a tad more effective.

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