ita: Finished watching Angel S2 today. Friend I was watching it with just fell for Fred, and hard. I have no idea why I didn't see it coming--he's besotted with Willow and adores Kaylee. Some people.

Cass: We call these people ... Joss.

Cass: The snow is your fault, isn't it?

Jilli VoiceOfReason: I did NOT summon the snow demons this time. Not that anyone believes me, but I really didn't.

Cass: No, I believe you...I'll just have to go find someone new to blame now...

ita: Seems like the perfect opportunity to blame Canada.

Cass: Good point. It's them or Alaska, and I am not motivated to write a new song when a perfectly good one already exists.

Jessica: McDonald's has filed a patent application for sandwich-making:

Patent application WO2006068865 relates to the "pre-assembly of sandwich components and simultaneous preparation of different parts of the same sandwich". It covers the "simultaneous toasting of a bread component" and heating a "meat and/or cheese filling". And it says the company has invented a way to add garnishes and condiments using a "sandwich assembly tool".

The patent says McDonald's wants to cut down on the time and labour required to put its sandwiches together. The company also wants them to look and taste the same and has come up with what it describes as "novel methods" to put them together.

The assembly tool contains a "cavity" into which the sandwich-maker places the garnish ("including, but not limited to, lettuce, onions, tomatoes, pickles, chilli, coleslaw, giardinera, peppers, spinach, radishes, olives, egg, cooked bacon and cheese") and the condiments ("ketchup, mustard, mayonnaise, sauces, relish, oils, salt, pepper, barbecue sauce, steak sauce, hot sauce, dressings including salad dressings, yogurt, butter, margarine and liquid or semi-liquid cheese").

A "bread component" is then placed over the cavity and the assembly tool "inverted" to tip out the contents. "Typically, a sandwich filling will thereafter be placed in the bread component," the 55-page patent explains. "Often the sandwich filling is the source of the name of the sandwich, for example - ham sandwich."

Theodosia: Mmmmmm, sounds delicious.

Pete, in Bitches

Ricockulous!

Aimee in Bitches:
Thank you all so much for the birthday wishes for The Princess. In typical two year old fashion: My mom called this morning to wish her a Happy Birthday. Em took the phone, said "Hi.", listened for a minute. My mom was singing Happy Birthday. Em threw the phone on the couch, pointed at it fiercely, and yelled, "NO BIRTHDAY!"

Not funny, but so awesome...

In Minearverse

Kristen: So I guess it's official now and everything. 'Cause, you know, my boss just announced it on the internet.

tommyrot: Every time I see a Mitsubishi Galant, I think that they should also have a Mitsubishi Goofus.

Steph L.: "Galant is always fuel-efficient, because it knows our natural resources are limited. Goofus only gets 2 mpg, because it wants to look cool to all the SUVs and Hummers."

sarameg: After reading the orange-in-a-stocking from the Laura Ingalls Wilders books, I was SERIOUSLY bent out when I didn't get an orange for a few years running.

JenP: There were a couple of years in there where they didn't have oranges on hand.... so we got apples. Well, you know, it's about the same size, round, and a fruit, right?

Cashmere: You really can't compare the two, you know.

In Boxed Set, Nutty on old-school X-Files:

Those were the good old days, when we had no idea the butt genies to come.

In Natter, responding to the news that Wesley Snipes had turned himself in on charges of conspiracy to defraud the IRS and submitting false estimated-tax payments worth $14 million:

AmyLiz: I don't think he can method-act his way out of that.

Aimée: I don't think so, too. It's much bigger than a paper bag, and he's STILL working on that.