Oz is the highest-scoring person ever to fail to graduate.

Willow ,'Him'


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 - 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.


Jesse - Aug 30, 2007 6:41:12 am PDT #7711 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

There's no point in buying something monogrammed for a couple with different last names, right? I mean, putting each of their initials is weird -- looks like someone else's initials -- and just putting one initial on a "household" gift is shitty, too, I think.


brenda m - Aug 30, 2007 6:43:44 am PDT #7712 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

Vortex thinks more like I do. I check for phone, tickets, ID and money, and the rest can go hang.