Buffy: He ran away, right? Giles: Sort of, more. turned and swept out majestically, I suppose. Said I didn't concern him. Buffy: So a mythic triumph over a completely indifferent foe? Giles: Well, I'm not dead or unconscious, so I say bravo for me.

'Same Time, Same Place'


Natter Five-O: Book 'Em, Danno.  

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.


Daisy Jane - Mar 07, 2007 10:44:02 am PST #5649 of 10001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."

I have. Buttery and pretty darn tasty.


Jesse - Mar 07, 2007 10:44:28 am PST #5650 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

(But PETA can't ask cities to ban factory-farmed chicken, because then everyone would have to sacrifice.)

Like protesting mink coats instead of leather belts?


Ginger - Mar 07, 2007 10:47:42 am PST #5651 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda

Factory egg farming is far more cruel than creating foie gras, but you don't hear much fuss about it. The chicken are in boxes so small they can't change position, and they're so stressed that their beaks have to be clipped so they don't mutilate themselves.


tommyrot - Mar 07, 2007 10:48:34 am PST #5652 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

Like protesting mink coats instead of leather belts?

Well, I suppose you could argue that mink are killed just for their fur, whereas leather is a byproduct of raising cattle for milk and meat.

But that's kind of a weak argument, as the buying of cow skin (for leather) would make the slaughter of cows for meat more economically viable.

Wait, or do people eat mink? Or milk them? (kidding) (about the milking)


Frankenbuddha - Mar 07, 2007 10:48:55 am PST #5653 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

It was right where Comm Ave and Brighton Ave split. We lived on a street right before the split (behind T. Anthony's best place for slice pizza and also cheeseburger sub!).

Holy crap! Naples Road or Babcock Street? Because I lived on Naples Road for 9 years (back in the 90s).

Oh, and Captain Nemo's in Kenmore Square had the best late night slice pizza, not T. Anthony's.

t /grease frisbee smackdown


Jessica - Mar 07, 2007 10:50:25 am PST #5654 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

Like protesting mink coats instead of leather belts?

Exaaaaaaaaactly.


Daisy Jane - Mar 07, 2007 10:52:41 am PST #5655 of 10001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."

Here's the foie gras I had. [link] Scroll down to the a la carte menu.

I remember it being very very very good, but as you can see from the menu, pretty much everything was. Kinda hard to rave about the foie gras when you also had crawfish and goat cheese crepes, grilled scallops, vanilla bean creme brule and peanut butter mousse dome along with whatever everyone else was ordering (I think I had a salad too).


Nutty - Mar 07, 2007 10:56:14 am PST #5656 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."

I've never had foie gras, but based on my experience with truffles, I don't expect it to knock my socks off.

Truffles are a similar you paid WHAT per pound?? type of item, but in the case of truffles the flavor is so overpowering that if you are using a pound, to feed less than an army, you are doing it wrong. I like my truffles in very, very sparing quantities.

(In central Italy, apparently, they grow on trees all over the ground, because they are cheap and available everywhere. Which just means that everybody has truffle-breath, which, truthfully, truffles kind of smell like feet, because guess what! They are mushrooms.)

I have also never had caviar, but I gather that opposition to that is based on the fact that when you eat up the eggs of a fish, eventually you don't have any more fish. Whoops!


lisah - Mar 07, 2007 10:56:29 am PST #5657 of 10001
Punishingly Intricate

Holy crap! Naples Road or Babcock Street? Because I lived on Naples Road for 9 years (back in the 90s).

I'm pretty sure we've talked about this before but I lived on Winslow Road, which is a one block street that runs parallel to Naples.

Oh, and Captain Nemo's in Kenmore Square had the best late night slice pizza, not T. Anthony's.

You're right! But T. Anthony's had the best afternoon, only have a $1 left until payday the next day slice pizza.


shrift - Mar 07, 2007 11:00:20 am PST #5658 of 10001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty

shrift! Did you know there's a secret QI pilot episode? In the sense that I had no idea it existed? WITH EDDIE IZZARD?

Bookmarked for watching when I am not work! For I think Stephen Fry + Eddie Izzard = AWESOMECAKES.