My current diet consists of eating Saltines for three days and dropping weight like crazy.
Sometimes I miss having powers... Oh. Oh! I know what this is! This is peer pressure! Any second now you're gonna make me smoke tobacco and--and have drugs!
Anya ,'Showtime'
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.
Trudy Booth - Jan 04, 2008 8:18:58 am PST #890 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
tommyrot - Jan 04, 2008 8:20:38 am PST #891 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.
Gummi Bears are a good diet food, right?
lisah - Jan 04, 2008 8:23:57 am PST #892 of 10001
Punishingly Intricate
Where is this diet woman? I must have skimmed.
She's blogging on epicurious. She seems kind of ignorant but there are some great ideas in the comments to her blog.
juliana - Jan 04, 2008 8:31:23 am PST #893 of 10001
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, ita!!!
Susan W. - Jan 04, 2008 8:32:18 am PST #894 of 10001
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
OK, heard back from the credit union.
We're approved for a little over half of our total indebtedness on a 5-year loan. Interest rate is two points higher than the one named in the initial discussion yesterday, but about 2.5 points lower than the rate on the three Evil Bank cards, maybe one point lower than that of the Not-So-Evil Bank card, and IIRC actually 3 points or so higher than what the Discover card is supposed to flip to once the introductory period ends.
So. It's not what I hoped for either in amount or rate, but it's still an improvement over our current position. It's enough to pay of our two highest-balance cards with a few hundred to spare (and throw against another card), and I'm hoping zeroing out two of the three cards will give me some leverage in trying to get Evil Bank to lower our rate on the third. And if not, I'll just transfer that balance over to Not-So-Evil and Discover as soon as I can!
Sigh. I'll keep fighting. I just wish it didn't feel so much like trench warfare.
Jesse - Jan 04, 2008 8:32:19 am PST #895 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Gummi Bears are a good diet food, right?
Depends on the diet.
lisah - Jan 04, 2008 8:37:28 am PST #896 of 10001
Punishingly Intricate
All Gummi Diet!
amych - Jan 04, 2008 8:39:42 am PST #897 of 10001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
That sounds like a good plan, Susan -- the trench warfare feeling definitely sucks, but given that it's simply always a long and unfun process, this sounds like you've at least got some more breathing room and a battle plan. Good luck!
Frankenbuddha - Jan 04, 2008 8:41:37 am PST #898 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I bet Giuliani says this exact same thing to Beelzebub when he enters hell....
Cheney's been visting Giuliani?
Typo Boy - Jan 04, 2008 8:44:42 am PST #899 of 10001
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Hmm Susan, have you checked with Discover if you can transfer any of your balances to them? Just tell them honestly that they offer a better interest rate than your other credit cards.