Fred: So you don't worry that it's possible for someone to send out a biological or electronic trigger that effectively overrides your own sense of ideals and values and replaces them with an alternative coercive agenda that reduces you to a mindless meat puppet? Shopkeeper: Wow. People used to think that I was paranoid.

'Time Bomb'


Natter 57 Varieties  

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.


Vortex - Mar 17, 2008 7:09:16 pm PDT #5610 of 10001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman

(I found a lavender shortbread recipe that I need to make).

and send to me. or at least the recipe


Burrell - Mar 17, 2008 7:13:21 pm PDT #5611 of 10001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!

Here it is Vortex.

I really am just a mediocre baker but they look easy to make, and they taste divine.


tommyrot - Mar 17, 2008 7:15:02 pm PDT #5612 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.

Guinness cupcakes

Despite the addition of Guinness, these cakes are not at all bitter; instead, the beer adds richness and moisture, and balances the sweetness of the sugar. Working from another Nigella recipe, this one the Guinness Cake from Feast, I substituted brown sugar for white to add depth of flavor, and made tiny cakes instead of a large one in a springform. Topped with a cream cheese glaze, these are a crowd-pleasing, not-too-sweet dessert (and, if you call them muffins instead of cupcakes, and play up the beer angle, you can easily pass them off to guys). They’re also super-easy.


Vortex - Mar 17, 2008 7:27:22 pm PDT #5613 of 10001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman

mmmm, new recipes.


Kristen - Mar 17, 2008 7:39:52 pm PDT #5614 of 10001

First, she's hosting some dance show on Bravo (as you will recall from the aforementioned Showgirls, she's a DANCER!),and now she's guesting on CSI, which I haven't watched in years and decided to watch on a whim tonight.

And she has a teenaged son with HoCaine. Which is extra hilarious to me.

Also, I Would Die 4 U just came on my iPod. This makes me think of you, ita.


§ ita § - Mar 17, 2008 7:45:44 pm PDT #5615 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Lavender shortbread sounds marvellous.

Today's self portraits suck. I may sink to webcam.

Is the concept of True Love equivalent to there being a one and an only person out there for you? Is there another way to have a definition of the epitome of romance?


§ ita § - Mar 17, 2008 7:47:54 pm PDT #5616 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

This makes me think of you, ita.

I still like my throat-cut thingy, though. Dynamic.


Kristen - Mar 17, 2008 7:53:05 pm PDT #5617 of 10001

I found myself doing the throat-cut gesture and had to go look for the gif because it seemed wrong.


Consuela - Mar 17, 2008 7:53:15 pm PDT #5618 of 10001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

What amuses me about those fanzines is that for several years I had one of the Trek ones: One Side of the Mirror, which is an utterly classic Mary Sue self-insert meta AU novel. It's spectacularly fannish.

The SW zines unsettle me, not sure why.


Kristen - Mar 17, 2008 7:55:43 pm PDT #5619 of 10001

Oh and, in case anyone was wondering, if earbuds tend to fall out of your ears, you should probably not wear them when painting. IJS.