I caught her on a park bench, making out with a *chaos* demon! Have you ever seen a chaos demon? They're all slime and antlers.

Spike ,'Sleeper'


Natter 55: It's the 55th Natter  

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.


tiggy - Dec 11, 2007 4:36:02 pm PST #6755 of 10001
I do believe in killing the messenger, you know why? Because it sends a message. ~ Damon Salvatore

....chicken and dumplings come in a CAN?

ahahaha! i didn't know about it until he started eating it all the time either. he opens it from the bottom too so all the "good stuff" is at the top. it smells like dog food and tastes worse. i don't recommend seeking it out.

I'm a little too attached to the large number of music my 80G holds

my 16GB holds a lot more than i thought it would. i've got 4 eps of Profit, 4 eps of Farscape and about 3 GB of music and there's still a ton of room.


-t - Dec 11, 2007 4:47:46 pm PST #6756 of 10001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Do you think I could use honey or maple syrup instead of the molasses?

Yes, I do.


Laura - Dec 11, 2007 4:48:53 pm PST #6757 of 10001
Our wings are not tired.

Welcome, Gadget Girl! I'm a bit further down the road from you. Delray Beach. And yes, it was stupid hot today.

I had celery and peanut butter for dinner. Tommy did a lot better.


beth b - Dec 11, 2007 4:54:22 pm PST #6758 of 10001
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!

dinner

Last night was our anniversary - pizza.

tonight - the last day of vacation

filet mignon, oven roasted potatoes , spinach, red wine


Gadget_Girl - Dec 11, 2007 4:55:24 pm PST #6759 of 10001
Just call me "Siouxsie Shunshine".

It looks like we'll be wearing shorts and t-shirts for Christmas...grrrrrr.

Well, some might be wearing shorts. I'm not particularly fond of shorts and spring/summer fashions. It's probably going to be 80 degrees and I will venture out in black.


msbelle - Dec 11, 2007 5:00:42 pm PST #6760 of 10001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

YAY and meara by meara!!


-t - Dec 11, 2007 5:00:48 pm PST #6761 of 10001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

I'm having some pre-dinner garlic bread so I don't gnaw my own arm off waiting for DH to get home. I don't know what we'll have for actual dinner. Probably something that comes from a drive-through window. I've got duck and pheasant in the the freezer, but (a) they're frozen (b) I'm lazy and (c) there's no veggies or anything to have with them.


Laura - Dec 11, 2007 5:01:30 pm PST #6762 of 10001
Our wings are not tired.

I don't mind the shorts and t-shirts for Christmas since I don't exactly own much cold weather gear. 27 years in Florida and still don't miss snow. I like it in pictures.

Happy belated Anniversary, Beth! Either pizza or filet would have been better than the celery, but it was ok.


Liese S. - Dec 11, 2007 5:25:50 pm PST #6763 of 10001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."

I have a dream of recipe software that will take as input my pantry inventory and give me something delicious to make out of it.

Dude, seriously, Mastercook. It freaking rocks.

Not only can you enter your pantry into it (and keep track of when you bought stuff and when it'll expire, and how much it cost for budgeting next time you shop), but you totally can say, "What can I make with what I have?" although there's this weird thing where you have to enter that you have water in your pantry.

Then you can create menu plans and shopping lists. Once you've bought the stuff off your shopping list you can merge it into your pantry items. You can search for meals with whatever ingredients, or that don't have those ingredients. It gives you nutritional information. And furthermore there's a ton of (legal and not) downloadable cookbooks in its format out there that you can grab. You can email recipes (panicked calls to mom and she fires off the classic family favorite and I import it into my cookbook.)

There's a tips section, and a favorites where you can keep track of recipes you like. You can easily adjust the recipe, doubling it for parties or such. You can of course add your own recipes and it calculates the nutritional value based on the ingredients and you can add your own ingredients and their nutritional information.

You can do both menu planning (like, for the week) and meal planning (throughout the day), allowing you to see how you did on caloric intake over the whole day. It's super intuitive, and probably much better by now. I have version 6. After that, they pulled it from the shelves, but there was an uproar and it's back now. Now they're on version 9, and it's cheap. Mine came with a giant catalog of Betty Crocker cookbooks.

Lots of websites offer their recipes in Mastercook format.

Mastercook likes carrots.

But seriously, dude, it revolutionized my life. Right after the bread machine, it improved my quality of dining. Because I'm a geek, and I can do anything if I have software for it.


sumi - Dec 11, 2007 5:29:56 pm PST #6764 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!

Okay, first dozen cookies are in the oven - and drat the luck - I timed it all wrong. I won't be able to taste them 'til tomorrow. (Fasting blood test in the morning.)

I used syrup. Okay, the dough tasted good. Umm, the recipe I used called cookie dough "batter" but this was definitely dough not batter.