Oooh, I'm glad I had a reminder -- NBC has a special prime-time pre-football Countdown with Keith Olbermann tonight, at 7 EST.
And what's the fun in becoming an immortal demon if you're not regular, am I right?
The Mayor ,'End of Days'
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.
Theodosia - Aug 26, 2007 11:34:30 am PDT #6906 of 10001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Vortex - Aug 26, 2007 11:41:41 am PDT #6907 of 10001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
Random question: is there anything you can substitute for Marsala in a recipe? The recipe I'm looking at is a pork and mushroom dealie. I just can't see buying a whole bottle when I want to use a couple of tablespoons.
I'd go with the port, it should work. Chances are it's a bit stronger flavor than marsala, so you might want to use a bit less.
Jessica - Aug 26, 2007 12:38:46 pm PDT #6908 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Of what you've got, the port will be the closest (and there's no need to refrigerate port -- the extra alcohol is there to preserve it.)
What amych said, and FWIW the same would be true of the Marsala -- fortified wines are shelf-stable the same as hard liquor. (I use dry vermouth for white wine in recipes all the time for this very reason.)
amych - Aug 26, 2007 12:41:27 pm PDT #6909 of 10001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Jess, dude! At last there's a use for that bottle of vermouth that's been through four of the hub's house-moves!
(srsly - at our last party, we were joking about how vermouth comes out every time and nobody has a martini. I was joking about it being S's dowry, and his BFF was all, "no, it was from the apartment before that... actually, the one before that ...")
Jessica - Aug 26, 2007 12:56:43 pm PDT #6910 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Or you could just drink more martinis...
(The vermouth/wine substitution idea came from CI/ATK, naturally. They're so smart.)
amych - Aug 26, 2007 1:09:24 pm PDT #6911 of 10001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
I just looked for and found my father's LinkedIn profile. WHY DO I DO THESE THINGS?
(I mean, it's not like it's myspace, but I'm still sitting here thinking "is it weird to send a Friend request to dad? and will he respond with 'you should call home more'...?")
(Now that I think about it, this may militate for more martinis)
tommyrot - Aug 26, 2007 2:30:11 pm PDT #6912 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.
Within two seconds, I collapsed to the floor, unable to breathe or indeed do anything except feel intense pain. The ambulance arrived. The police arrived. The journey to the hospital. The attempt to explain to baffled ER staff how something like this could happen. Then I passed out.
I woke up the next morning connected to beeping machines. It turns out that, in accordance with popular belief, you really should not drink liquid nitrogen.
...
I was badly burned from epiglottis to stomach bottom. The gas expanded to fill my chest cavity, and the pressure collapsed a lung. After what I'm told was a grueling all-night surgery, they removed part of my stomach and ran my entire digestive system on a machine. I was on a breather for a day until my lung was restored. There are a few considerably uglier details which I will spare you.
Theresa - Aug 26, 2007 2:34:39 pm PDT #6913 of 10001
"What would it take to get your daughter to stop tweeting about this?"
Was his name Fargo?
Zenkitty - Aug 26, 2007 2:55:27 pm PDT #6914 of 10001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Was his name Idiot?
Ginger - Aug 26, 2007 3:03:41 pm PDT #6915 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
It was pretty close to becoming "the late Idiot."