And lisah, I know you have huge cats, but that picture of dog-sized Swifty next to Frank? HUGE ORANGE CAT
And he's the little one! This is the big one:
On my seventh birthday, I wanted a toy fire truck, and I didn't get it, and you were real nice about it, and then the house next door burnt down, and then real firetrucks came, and for years I thought you set the fire for me. And if you did, you can tell me!
Xander ,'Same Time, Same Place'
The Crying of Natter 49
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.
lisah - Jan 05, 2007 3:23:20 pm PST #593 of 10001
Punishingly Intricate
sarameg - Jan 05, 2007 3:30:07 pm PST #594 of 10001
Yes, you have HUUUUGE cats, I decree.
I think MK is big at 13 or 14 lbs. Your sumo wrestlers wouldn't know what to think of a friend's cat who is a whopping 5 lbs. Teeny little badass.
Zenkitty - Jan 05, 2007 3:33:58 pm PST #595 of 10001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Allyson is now the person that poseurs pretend to be.
I love huge orange cats. Man, lately I'm really missing having cats around.
In re: cooking, I don't. At all. It's safer that way. Thank goodness there's a Boston Market down the street or I'd starve to death. People who cook impress me. Like people who sew. It's like magic. They make things, and I've no idea how.
Topic!Cindy - Jan 05, 2007 3:37:09 pm PST #596 of 10001
What is even happening?
In re: cooking, I don't. At all. It's safer that way. Thank goodness there's a Boston Market down the street or I'd starve to death. People who cook impress me. Like people who sew. It's like magic. They make things, and I've no idea how.There's fancy cooking, that's difficult 'til you learn (and do do do), and there's get-supper-on-the-table / decent-food-in-your belly cooking, that is learnable, not scary once you do it, and not that difficult.
The biggest rules of thumb are:
1) When in doubt, add less -- you can always add more, but you can't take stuff out
2) When in doubt, cook more slowly, over lower heat -- you can't uncook stuff, but you can cook longer/turn up the heat
3) Macaroni is easy
4) Believe it or not, a roast beef is one of the easiest things you'll ever cook
5) The world doesn't end if you screw something up
sarameg - Jan 05, 2007 3:49:12 pm PST #597 of 10001
1) When in doubt, add less -- you can always add more, but you can't take stuff out
Or do what I do and have to keep adding stuff because you used too much before and voila! 25 cups of posole! Or 10 meals worth of tuna-corn-black-bean salad! Food for months!
(oh and invest in tupperware or rubbermaid or whatever.)
Jesse - Jan 05, 2007 4:02:57 pm PST #598 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I love huge orange cats.
That's what I was gonna say!
I should make some chili this weekend, speaking of easy. Like most things I cook, I'm sure there are better ways, but none easier.
Zenkitty - Jan 05, 2007 4:08:09 pm PST #599 of 10001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Cindy, I've made note of your excellent advice, should I ever get the courage to turn my oven on. Maybe this weekend I'll make something in my brand-new crockpot. If you smell smoke Saturday night, don't worry, it's just me.
Jesse - Jan 05, 2007 4:08:48 pm PST #600 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
ION, here is the main reason watching Close To Home is fun: JAG is talking to Brenda Walsh's black friend and Falzone from Homicide, and the previous conversation was about the death of Lindsay from TV's Angel.
Jesse - Jan 05, 2007 4:09:33 pm PST #601 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Ooh, Zenkitty, I've heard good things about crockpots. Throw some stuff in there, turn it on, and Bob's your uncle. Apparently.
Narrator - Jan 05, 2007 4:19:07 pm PST #602 of 10001
The evil is this way?
I actually have an uncle named "Bob". I don't think he's Zenkitty's uncle too.