Well, quite a lot of fuss. If I didn't know better, I'd think we were dangerous.

Mal ,'Bushwhacked'


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.


Jesse - Dec 29, 2007 5:48:43 pm PST #9795 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

That video is the perfect illustration of "you can't have your cake and eat it too."


beth b - Dec 29, 2007 5:51:28 pm PST #9796 of 10001
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!

hypnotize the baby with a sandwich!


JenP - Dec 29, 2007 5:51:54 pm PST #9797 of 10001

How much do I adore the loving and slightly maniacal way in which he repeats, "Mine..." as he turns the bread around and around? Thiiiiiiiiisssss much. Adorable.


Hil R. - Dec 29, 2007 6:06:11 pm PST #9798 of 10001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

That video is adorable.

Anyone know enough about old clothes and/or hairstyles to help me identify these photos with anything more exact than "sometime in the twenties"? [link] I'm almost certain they were taken in Vienna, though it's possible they're from Budapest.


billytea - Dec 29, 2007 6:08:57 pm PST #9799 of 10001
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.

Hey, anyone here have a Roomba? They've come to Australia, I need a new vacuum cleaner, and I'm considering getting one. Are they up to the job of a 3-bedroom house?


tommyrot - Dec 29, 2007 6:15:05 pm PST #9800 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.

I forget if it's here or in Bitches where folks have talked about how slactivist is blogging about the Left Behind novels (or one of them, anyway):

I had expected Left Behind would, like most "Christian novels," ("Christian" there being a marketing term) include long, preachy, didactic sections -- whole chapters of sermonizing. I suppose I'm grateful to have been spared that, but it turns out there's something even worse. Here in Left Behind we're constantly being told about such sermons, and about how passionate, persuasive, honest and sincere they are, but we never learn what was actually said.

Here's how LaHaye & Jenkins' account of Jesus' Sermon on the Mount would have read:

Now when he saw the crowds, he went up on a mountainside and sat down. His disciples came to him, and he began to teach them. When Jesus had finished, the crowds were amazed at his teaching, because he taught as one who had authority.

Come to think of it, that's also how they seem to read this passage themselves.

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Jesse - Dec 29, 2007 6:20:29 pm PST #9801 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Wiy o wiy are we getting more wintry mix tomorrow night?? I wish it would just be colder and snow!


Vortex - Dec 29, 2007 6:26:24 pm PST #9802 of 10001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman

Stir in stock, any retained liquid from the rehydrating of mushrooms

tip: you might want to strain the stock. sometimes there is dirt in the dehydrated mushrooms, so watch the last bit in the bowl.


Laura - Dec 29, 2007 6:31:46 pm PST #9803 of 10001
Our wings are not tired.

Pretty quilt and mountains. And delightful video! I have no data on the strip club scene.

Thanks, Kat.

Eeep, just noticed the hour. No wonder I'm tired.


sarameg - Dec 29, 2007 6:39:46 pm PST #9804 of 10001

Thanks, Kat!

billytea, I am a new owner of a roomba. I've got a 750ish sq ft apt. I set it loose to my amusement the other night and it managed to do the lr, bedroom, dining room and parts of the kitchen. Not quite as good as my regular vacuum at getting embedded fur out of the burgundy carpet, but I see it as a maintenance device: keeps me ahead of the cathair and tracked litter. It is awesome for cleaning under the bed! It does a good job for the fact it is a wee thing.