Timelies all!
Happy Birthday Tom!
Gotta pack tonight because we head for Toronto tomorrow morning. We're driving, which could be....interesting.
First of all, 'Posse?' Passé
Cordelia ,'Potential'
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.
Sheryl - Apr 03, 2008 12:42:50 pm PDT #9333 of 10001
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
§ ita § - Apr 03, 2008 12:44:06 pm PDT #9334 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
You know the saying "A lack of preparation on your part does not constitute an emergency on mine."?
It's so lovely when it's not waved in your face. I mean, it's true, and I try and not let my slipups become someone else's problem, but still. It's a relief when someone is willing to rev up their urgency to match me catching up.
billytea - Apr 03, 2008 12:50:08 pm PDT #9335 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.
I've got a question about the Stand Right/Walk Left rule. Is that true also in places where you drive on the opposite side of the street?
In Australia we do Stand Left/Walk Right.
Daisy Jane - Apr 03, 2008 12:50:38 pm PDT #9336 of 10001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
Daisy, my favourite source of offensive T shirts has gems like this. You might find something there.
I sent him there too. I'm going to stick with my g-spot shirt and him choose from one of those to make. I would copy one I liked if I didn't have shit tons to do at home this weekend. Including making him a giant sparkly superhero sign that says SUPERSLUT!
Sue - Apr 03, 2008 1:09:43 pm PDT #9337 of 10001
hip deep in pie
Hey, here's that cookie recipe I mentioned this afternoon. And all credit to Ouise for passing on this deliciousness to me:
Chocolate Melting Kisses
8 squares BAKER'S Bittersweet chocolate
2 tbsp (30 ml) Butter
1-1/4 cups (300 ml) ground almonds
2 eggs
3/4 cup (175 ml) granulated sugar
1/2 cup (125 ml) icing sugar
1. Heat chocolate, stirring often, over barely simmering water in double boiler (or microwave on Medium until semi-melted). Stir in butter until smooth. Stir in almonds and let cool to room temperature.
2. Using electric mixer, beat eggs with sugar util thick and fluffy. Fold in chocolate mixture. Chill until firm enough to roll, about 1 hour.
3. With icing sugar-coated hands, shape dough into >-inch (2 cm) balls; roll in icing sugar until thickly coated. Palce at least 2 inches (5 cm) apart on parchment-lined orwell-buttered baking sheet. Chill for 10 minutes.
4. Bake in 350 F (180 C) oven for 10 to 12 minutes or until cracked and slightly raised. Remove pan to cooling rack; let cookies cool completely on pan. Store in airtight container. Makes about 4 dozen.
Maria - Apr 03, 2008 1:25:15 pm PDT #9338 of 10001
Not so nice is that I'm about to ruin a Friday morning for a bunch of people because of a series of unfortunate events and an upset foreign government. - shrift
Happy birthday, Tom! I hope the end of the day is better than the beginning.
ita, I'm sorry. Here's to money suddenly appearing in the budget.
shrift has had a day. May she not have one like it tomorrow.
I've never been to Boston, so I can't comment on the relative rudeness of its denizens. I love NYC to bits. It fits my personality well. I don't get in anyone's way and they don't get in mine. DC is a bit too slow for me. Even though I've been here for almost 16 years, I find myself walking at New York speed which means I'm a half-mile ahead of everyone else.
Don't get me started on tourists. They do the stupidest shit. It was 6 pm and everyone is trying to get home from work. I leave the parking garage and attempt to make the turn onto North Capitol Street. There is a woman STOPPED in the crosswalk blocking all traffic so she can take a picture of the Capitol. We've got the right turn arrow, and I tap my horn to give her a clue. The rest behind me aren't so polite. She doesn't move. I roll down my window and tell her to stop blocking traffic and her husband takes offense. I get the finger, but they get a ticket for jaywalking because there was a Capitol Police officer nearby.
Aims - Apr 03, 2008 1:34:05 pm PDT #9339 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
juliana - 'member when we got stopped short on the Wharf because the tourists were looking at the FIRE TRUCK???
I believe NKOTB will be on the Today show tomorrow. I have no DVR.
I FAIL.
Must go to my parents house this weekend and dig out my t-shirts.
sarameg - Apr 03, 2008 1:35:20 pm PDT #9340 of 10001
ita, I hope they renew or you find something fast. I'm sorry.
This weather is ridiculous. Mixed in with the rain are fat soggy clumps of...wait for it....SNOW. I guess it is technically slush. And ice pellets.
Vortex - Apr 03, 2008 1:37:53 pm PDT #9341 of 10001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
aims, you want I should record and burn you a DVD?
bon bon - Apr 03, 2008 1:42:21 pm PDT #9342 of 10001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
juliana - 'member when we got stopped short on the Wharf because the tourists were looking at the FIRE TRUCK???
Yesterday I almost stopped because I was about to step in front of someone taking a picture of something in Union Square. I looked to the other side of me and it was 3 police cars. PARKED. Whiskey Tango Foxtrot. So I walked right into the picture.