Sorry, Captain. I'm real sorry. I shoulda kept better care of her. Usually she lets me know when something's wrong. Maybe she did, I just wasn't paying attention...

Kaylee ,'Out Of Gas'


Natter 56: ...we need the writers.  

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.


Atropa - Jan 07, 2008 3:00:40 pm PST #1496 of 10001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.

You know somewhere out on the Internet there is someone who saw the bridecake, thought about velvet red cake, and is already planning a wedding where all the guests will be dressed as zombies.

If I don't already know them, I must become friends with them. Because that would be a wedding I MUST attend.


Java cat - Jan 07, 2008 3:22:42 pm PST #1497 of 10001
Not javachik

OMG Dutch babies! I haven't had one since I was in Boise in 1978 or 1979. [link] 39222 Fremont Blvd, Fremont - (510) 744-1957 420 S San Antonio Rd, Los Altos - (650) 559-9197 1366 S De Anza Blvd, San Jose - (408) 255-7373

Crud, the Fremont isn't BARTable: [link]


beth b - Jan 07, 2008 3:25:44 pm PST #1498 of 10001
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!

Java cat that is where I live.....

and that pancake is about a mile from the BART station


JZ - Jan 07, 2008 3:29:26 pm PST #1499 of 10001
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.

OMG Dutch babies!

I'm so tickled to find that other Buffistas know of Dutch babies -- I've never met anyone else (besides my dad's second wife) who had any idea what I was talking about.

Tickled, but not surprised, now that I think about it. Is there any obscure delight, breakfast or otherwise, that isn't shared by at least three Buffistas?


Java cat - Jan 07, 2008 3:29:46 pm PST #1500 of 10001
Not javachik

Dutch Baby AND the best potato pancakes? And this is a place Lee likes? Hmmm, if only there were some way I could synthesize all this new information and formulate a plan of some sort. If only, if only.

JZ, it's a puzzle, but let me know if you come up with anything. Maybe we can get Megan or Juliana to help us figure it out.

They're determined problem-solvers like that. Determined breakfast-eating problem-solvers. I've also heard that Suzi doesn't suck at that kind of sleuthery. Let's put them on the case.

We might need Consuela's help as well, because she's also all smart and shit.

Hmm. How many can fit in your car(s)?


Jesse - Jan 07, 2008 3:30:59 pm PST #1501 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

I'm pretty sure what I grew up with as David Eyre's Pancake is also a Dutch Baby.


Java cat - Jan 07, 2008 3:31:45 pm PST #1502 of 10001
Not javachik

I'm so tickled to find that other Buffistas know of Dutch babies -- I've never met anyone else (besides my dad's second wife) who had any idea what I was talking about.

I didn't know what they were called, but I've only ever seen them in Boise. OMG the lemon and powdered sugar combo on the crepe-y/pancake, YUM.


brenda m - Jan 07, 2008 3:49:16 pm PST #1503 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'm so tickled to find that other Buffistas know of Dutch babies -- I've never met anyone else (besides my dad's second wife) who had any idea what I was talking about.

Oh! We call those German Pancakes. We have them for xmas every year, and IIRC I put our recipe in the cookbook.


tommyrot - Jan 07, 2008 3:55:47 pm PST #1504 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.

The Blasphemy Collection

The concept of blasphemy seemed for some decades to be in decline in the West, but not any more. It may be useful to look back at some recent cases of militantly religious outrage...

A list of 20.

Rated by
Vulgarity –the piece shocked through its conflation of the sacred and the profane
Criminality –the piece contravened laws in a given country
Religious impact –the work caused outrage from religious leaders
Political impact –speeches were made by governments, laws were created or changed.
Deaths – outrage at the work led to the death of one or more people


sarameg - Jan 07, 2008 4:11:26 pm PST #1505 of 10001

You know, I've come to accept the chemically-induced nose dive of mood that lasts a day or so. I can keep it in perspective, knowing what is going on. Do I really need the pimple of doom that shows up in the same place every damned time? Insult upon injury.

Biology is WHACK.