You like ships. You don't seem to be looking at the destinations. What you care about is the ships, and mine's the nicest.

Kaylee ,'Serenity'


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.


shrift - Aug 30, 2007 6:10:15 am PDT #7701 of 10001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty

And probably other stuff I forgot to list.

Um. Lanyard? I, of course, have spares.

Probably less funny to the people sharing the room with me.

Dude. Uncool.


Jesse - Aug 30, 2007 6:14:04 am PDT #7702 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Oh, right, pajamas. That would have been funny. Probably less funny to the people sharing the room with me.

Well, I'm sure you would have worked something out, but still. That's like my #1 thing to forget.


Dana - Aug 30, 2007 6:19:59 am PDT #7703 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

Lanyard is on my list, though not packed yet.


brenda m - Aug 30, 2007 6:23:26 am PDT #7704 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there

I thought for a second you meant Xavier in New Orleans, and I was prepared to be very surprised.

I think there is actually only one Catholic university in the world, Loyola Mount Mary Xavier, and all the others are branches that just pick a piece or two of the name at random, hence all the confusion.


Vortex - Aug 30, 2007 6:23:52 am PDT #7705 of 10001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman

And it's time for everyone to play "What did Dana forget to pack?"

tickets! money! passport!


Matt the Bruins fan - Aug 30, 2007 6:27:07 am PDT #7706 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand

Good toilet tissue to replace the shreddy molecule-thick wood pulp the hotel will provide!


Dana - Aug 30, 2007 6:27:28 am PDT #7707 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

Good toilet tissue to replace the shreddy molecule-thick wood pulp the hotel will provide!

Wow, you're a committed traveler.


Matt the Bruins fan - Aug 30, 2007 6:30:46 am PDT #7708 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand

It's a pet peeve. I bought a four-pack of Charmin for our room in Atlanta.

Hey, does anyone have suggestions for how to prepare shallots to go with chicken Kiev or oven-roasted fish? I impulse bought a few last week, but ti doesn't look like I can justify buying a roast anytime soon.


shrift - Aug 30, 2007 6:36:49 am PDT #7709 of 10001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty

Wow, you're a committed traveler.

See, I'm a contingency planner, and I don't even bring toilet paper unless I'm going somewhere that might not have any.


hippocampus - Aug 30, 2007 6:40:35 am PDT #7710 of 10001
not your mom's socks.

Hey, does anyone have suggestions for how to prepare shallots to go with chicken Kiev or oven-roasted fish?

Matt - check Mark Bittman on the NYTimes site. I've done one of his recipes that could be good with fish - cut the shallots in half, sautee in olive oil with garlic (and eggplant, I think - but you could skip that). I'm pretty sure you could also halve them and pan roast them face down in some olive oil and sea salt.