Woohoo. I am properly pantsed.
Also, everyone I have spoken to today, which includes two recruiters and a receptionist, has pronounced my name wrong. It's the THIRD TIME I've talked to the receptionist.
Spike: I'm not a monster. Xander: Yes! You are a monster. Vampires are monsters! They make monster movies about them! Spike: Well, yeah. Got me there.
'Dirty Girls'
Natter 53: We could just avoid making tortured puns
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.
Dana - Jul 26, 2007 7:48:46 am PDT #311 of 10001
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
§ ita § - Jul 26, 2007 7:49:45 am PDT #312 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Thanks, Jess. Looks like I need ground ginger...and I don't have anything to grind it with. Do you think shaving with one of those microplaner is a fair substitute? Or are they not talking fresh?
I also need molasses and maybe cardamom.
I want to leave out the walnuts. Don't like walnuts.
Jesse - Jul 26, 2007 7:50:56 am PDT #313 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
In a spice cake recipe, I'd assume that ground ginger means dry in a jar ginger.
flea - Jul 26, 2007 7:53:09 am PDT #314 of 10001
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Now wondering how on earth one could pronounce Dana's name wrong. Unless I am pronouncing it wrong.
Definitely not fresh ginger.
Jessica - Jul 26, 2007 7:54:38 am PDT #315 of 10001
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
They mean the dry stuff for that part. The walnuts just go on top of the frosting so leaving them out won't affect the rest of the recipe at all.
I was very surprised to discover that I have ground cloves and cardamom in my spice drawer. I was expecting to have to pull out the spice grinder, and lo, there they were.
sumi - Jul 26, 2007 7:54:49 am PDT #316 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!
Awww, Dylan just keeps on getting cuter.
Dana - Jul 26, 2007 7:55:41 am PDT #317 of 10001
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
They pronounce it with a short A rather than a long one. Or sometimes I get "Donna."
Liese S. - Jul 26, 2007 7:58:26 am PDT #318 of 10001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
I don't have cardamom. I've been meaning to buy it ever since Generation X but clearly I never do.
Although the more you mention the ingredients, the more delicious that recipe sounds.
Oh, oh, and if that smile came with a laugh, you need to throw a party! I think I've mentioned this here before, but the Navajo tradition is when a baby first laughs, the person who made him/her laugh throws them a big bash. Then during the party, you put candy in the hand of the baby and help them to give it to each person who attends. Then the baby will be generous throughout her/his life.
§ ita § - Jul 26, 2007 7:58:28 am PDT #319 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I used to work with a D(short-a)na. She got my name wrong way too often.
I wonder if I do have dry ground ginger. I suspect I have cardamom--I'm getting a weird sense memory. My spices are arranged for crap, though.
Luckily with this new job I can go grocery shopping at lunch, get home, see what I still have missing and pick that up after work or kettlebell this evening.
shrift - Jul 26, 2007 7:58:51 am PDT #320 of 10001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
Also, everyone I have spoken to today, which includes two recruiters and a receptionist, has pronounced my name wrong.
I'm sorry people suck, Donna.