Not just lost, but lost to last-in-the-Pac10 Stanford! Whee!
Holy cow!
If every vampire who said he was at the crucifixion was actually there, it would have been like Woodstock.
Spike ,'Same Time, Same Place'
Natter 54: Right here, dammit.
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.
Liese S. - Oct 06, 2007 7:57:18 pm PDT #5378 of 10001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
sumi - Oct 06, 2007 7:59:05 pm PDT #5379 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!
ita, it looks like that guy from csi was in Blade - the tv show.
§ ita § - Oct 06, 2007 8:26:11 pm PDT #5380 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Thanks, sumi! That's exactly him.
Burrell - Oct 06, 2007 8:31:19 pm PDT #5381 of 10001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Oh yeah, they are going to be grumpy alright. Especially the tight end.
brenda m - Oct 06, 2007 8:52:12 pm PDT #5382 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
Oh dear. So, apparently Congress has a cookbook with recipes submitted by Members. Here's Larry Craig's. Um.
Super Tuber is a great snack that uses one of my favorite vegetables: The Idaho Potato...Sincerely, Larry E. Craig, United States Senator
Ingredients
1 hot dog, cook's choice
1 Idaho baking potato, 7 to 10 ounces
Mustard for dipping, any style
Other condiments as desired such as cheese sauce, sour cream, chili, chives, bacon pieces or black olives.
Wash and dry potato. Rub with shortening or butter. With an apple corer or small knife, core out the potato center (end to end). Push hot dog through the center. Bake until potato is cooked through.
aurelia - Oct 06, 2007 9:02:34 pm PDT #5383 of 10001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
Um, indeed.
I got stuck sitting in a traffic jam for an hour after I left work tonight. At 10:30 on Saturday night. That is so not right.
megan walker - Oct 06, 2007 11:02:28 pm PDT #5384 of 10001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Fleur de Lys report:
I am currently on a foie gras high, particularly since there was a Hubert Keller sighting (in that, I almost ran into him coming out of the bathroom.) Sadly, I processed that fact only after moving by him to get back to my table. Doh!! Although I have to agree with my friend, who said he looked more liked a homeless man than a "Top Chef".
The restaurant is a beautiful space. Very warm and cozy. The whole room is enveloped in fabric and the ceiling is a tent of fabric. The service was stellar, if a bit overwhelming since a different server/sommelier came to explain every dish and wine.
I started with a duo of Hudson Valley foie gras. I loved the seared duck burger with foie gras on a brioche bun. I was not really a fan of the baked dish of fois gras, truffles, and potatoes. Why? Because, for some reason, they added shitake mushrooms—to truffles and foie gras! Wrong wrong wrong. (Wine: a lovely Ste Croix du Mont).
My main course was quail stuffed with ris de veau, spinach, pine nuts and served with roasted parsnips, baby leeks, and foie gras. Heaven! (Wine: a light Sonoma syrah).
My sort-of final course was a selection of five artisanal cheeses including a great chevre and roquefort (Wine: porto). After we were finished, they learned it was my birthday and brought what can only be described as a deconstructed canoli, with a candle inside of the thin wafer shell. So I also had dessert. One of my friends had the vegetarian tasting, which he was very impressed with.
On top of the fabulous meal, we began the evening with amazing drinks (I had cucumber gimlets.) in the Library at Bourbon and Branch aka Buffista bar heaven. The bar is unmarked. You buzz at the door and give the password “books” (i.e., I don’t have a dinner reservation but please let me go back into the bar). Someone then leads you through the restaurant to a swival bookcase/door and into a dark book-lined room.
So much fun. And now, off to bed.
X-posted with Non-fiction TV
Trudy Booth - Oct 06, 2007 11:13:09 pm PDT #5385 of 10001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
The GPS is controversial due to The Man issues.
Yeah. And I don't have much sympathy for that -- *my* boss knows where *I* am all the time. Most bosses do.
I do have sympathy for the other factors -- they have to pay to install it, they have to eat the whatever percent the credit card charges, if the credit charge machine malfunctions (and apparently do more than occasionally) it shuts off the meter, and there may be some sort of wiring glitch since the cabs that caught on fire last week and the week before had the new system.
But "my boss knows where I am"? bite me
Theodosia - Oct 07, 2007 3:00:00 am PDT #5386 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"
It sounds like the CC machines are way more trouble, but I can see the GPS being more of an emotional issue. Even though in the case of hijacked cabs, cabbies in trouble, et cetera, the GPS signal could be a lifesaver, literally.
Cashmere - Oct 07, 2007 3:00:09 am PDT #5387 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.
they have to pay to install it, they have to eat the whatever percent the credit card charges
OK, that's just shitty. They should be able to put a surcharge on card use. I'd be willing to pay for the convenience (up to a couple of bucks). But eating the 5% or whatever the card services charge is bad.
I'm trying to decide if this would increase their business enough to make it worthwhile.
If the technology isn't working that great, I would want to wait until it is, too.