Tracy: 'When you can't run, you crawl... and when you can't crawl, when you can't do that--' Zoe: 'You find someone to carry you.'

'The Message'


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.


Matt the Bruins fan - Dec 14, 2007 4:24:37 pm PST #7534 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

My sympathies to you and your folks, Jessica.

Seriously -- $400 for a 30-course Omakase dinner? Yeah, I *love* me some sushi, but that's INSANE.

Most of the best meals of my life were among the most expensive (though THE most expensive was merely okay), but there's not enough of a quality difference between the $50-60/plate treats and the normal $25-30 casual dining for me to believe that a $400 meal could possibly be worth that much.


tommyrot - Dec 14, 2007 5:01:22 pm PST #7535 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.

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-t - Dec 14, 2007 5:06:50 pm PST #7536 of 10001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

I actually went looking for that stuff last week at a store that the Batter website said carries it, but it wasn't there.


Jesse - Dec 14, 2007 5:08:20 pm PST #7537 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Yeah. Your boss is clearly having problems that are exterior to you, and he knows you best and is taking it out on you. He needs to step off.

Seriously. I hope Allyson didn't go to the party, unless she could guarantee not to have to talk to the suck-ass boss.

Typo, are you planning on being in the room with the people when they eat the food? I think you're fine.


tommyrot - Dec 14, 2007 5:15:26 pm PST #7538 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.

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Susan W. - Dec 14, 2007 5:24:17 pm PST #7539 of 10001
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights

I noticed the article specifed a la carte, which isn't an option at Herb Farm.

Ah. I skimmed.

(We'll do Herb Farm in 2009, I guess. For our 10 year.)

We might do it the same year for the same reason. I'm keeping Canlis as the publication celebration place because I drive by it at least twice a week, and it's become sort of a symbol of my resolve to keep writing and never give up. I see it and think, Someday.


brenda m - Dec 14, 2007 5:57:10 pm PST #7540 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

Am back from vacation. Was...interesting. Some good, some bad.

ita, thought of you lots. Mostly when the staff were giving us the stink-eye for cooing over (and feeding) the stray cats.

Allyson's boss needs to fuck himself. Or, you know, do his own personal shit and deal with how it comes out.

TB, if you're washing your hands and not sneezing in the food, you should be okay.


Sheryl - Dec 14, 2007 6:00:58 pm PST #7541 of 10001
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"

Timelies all!

Went to gaming tonight. It was at a Potbelly sandwich shop.(It used to be in the common area of an apartment complex, but we can't use it anymore)


Frankenbuddha - Dec 14, 2007 6:10:04 pm PST #7542 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

I have trouble believing Canlis is the priciest restaurant in these parts. Yes, it's expensive and iconic, but I thought the Herb Farm would set you back more $$.

I find it hard to believe the French Laundry in Napa isn't on that list (not that I've gotten to go there, but it is crazy expensive). I wonder if that's potential al a carte meals.


Jesse - Dec 14, 2007 6:14:54 pm PST #7543 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

They took the cheapest option on the menu and compared that.