Lorne: Once the word spreads you beat up an innocent old man, well, the truly terrible will think twice before going toe-to-toe with our Avenging Angel. Spike: Yes. The geriatric community will be soiling their nappies when they hear you're on the case. Bravo.

'The Cautionary Tale of Numero Cinco'


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.


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.


Dana - Jul 26, 2007 7:59:40 am PDT #321 of 10001
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."

I'm sorry people suck, Donna.

Oh, sure, see if I look at the porn you sent me when I get home. That'll show you.


Jessica - Jul 26, 2007 8:02:12 am PDT #322 of 10001
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?

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.

That's awesome! I'll have to remember that.


Jesse - Jul 26, 2007 8:02:42 am PDT #323 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

I used to work with a Dana-sounds-like-Donna (she said it was because she's Italian, which sounds legit), but my immediately-prior job had a Dana-sounds-like-Dana, so it was hard for me to remember sometimes.


Zenkitty - Jul 26, 2007 8:03:43 am PDT #324 of 10001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.

Skipping madly ahead of the entire new thread to ask an urgent make-up question:

Does anyone know of a good foundation/powder that is pale with a pink base? Everything I can find is too yellow for my skin, even the lightest ones. I'm not "ivory", I'm "porcelain", apparently; but I don't want to shell out any more $$ for foundations that don't work if I can get some tips.