Oh, Pacey! You blind idiot. Can't you see she doesn't love you?

Spike ,'Help'


Natter 58: Let's call Venezuela!  

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.


Jessica - Apr 25, 2008 7:08:59 am PDT #3522 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

I remember the first time a customer asked to see the nutritional information for one of the muffins - that was the day I stopped eating stolen pastries for breakfast!


Consuela - Apr 25, 2008 7:13:21 am PDT #3523 of 10001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

I long ago stopped getting pastries at Starbucks; when I first went on a diet, I pulled up the nutritional information on all that. The coffee drinks are bad enough: over 200 calories for a flavored latte! But the food is unbelievable.

It's remarkable how much information is available online for that sort of thing, now, though. And very useful for those who are trying to eat healthy: I know that if I get the Panda Bowl with mixed veggies and the chicken with string beans at Panda Express, the entire meal is less than 400 calories, far better than the same thing with the orange chicken instead. Even though I love the orange chicken.


Hil R. - Apr 25, 2008 7:24:58 am PDT #3524 of 10001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

A few years ago, I had tonsilitis pretty badly, but also a ton of school work to do, and was basically dosing myself with DayQuil to keep myself seeming well enough to finish all the work, until I could get it done and rest and heal properly. One effect of the tonsilitis was that it hurt like hell to swallow anything other than really soft foods. So I was going through the day on pretty much a coffee and a Starbucks muffin for breakfast and lunch, and clear broth for dinner. And I gained weight.


Steph L. - Apr 25, 2008 7:26:26 am PDT #3525 of 10001
I look more rad than Lutheranism

I think that my new Main Squeeze, Zyrtec, is pretty effective at stomping the allergies.

Sadly, it makes me INCREDIBLY sleepy. Of course. Because it would be too much to expect an effective drug that doesn't turn me into a pile of gronk.


Sue - Apr 25, 2008 7:29:55 am PDT #3526 of 10001
hip deep in pie

I tried making my own scones for the morning, but I think they were even worse than the Starbucks ones. They were soooo buttery.


megan walker - Apr 25, 2008 7:35:58 am PDT #3527 of 10001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist

Well, I always knew the pre-made drinks were bad, but since I always thought they were too sweet anyway, I only ever get nonfat lattes, so minimal calories there.

But now I see how I might have unwittingly lost 10 lbs in the last few months, between giving up processed foods for lent and my increased hiking. I'm thinking that even in the minimal processed stuff I was eating, there were tons of calories. Which I knew, but to see it printed somehow really drives the point home.


juliana - Apr 25, 2008 7:37:03 am PDT #3528 of 10001
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…

I suspect teaching Rudnick's The Most Fabulous Story Ever Told would not fly well with certain parents.

But damn, it's an awesome show.

I shudder to think what a cookie I buy downstairs at work is.

The Specialty's cookies? Don't ask, seriously. 600+ calories, depending. Though I like the fact that you can see the calorie counts for the sandwich & salad ingredients, and add and delete as you see fit. (Online ordering, of course.)


Allyson - Apr 25, 2008 7:56:02 am PDT #3529 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica

I think I can build three new Rubys from the cat hair that was under my bed.

Also, my new neighbor's cat is named Ruby. I see mass confusion ahead.


Lee - Apr 25, 2008 7:59:07 am PDT #3530 of 10001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.

So, you know how when you pack a carry on when you are not checking a bag, and you have one baggie for all the liquid stuff the TSA cares about, and another container for the stuff they don't, like eye shadow and bar face soap and your tooth brush?

I'm leaving for the airport straight from work tonight, and my other container is sitting in my bathroom still.


lisah - Apr 25, 2008 8:00:08 am PDT #3531 of 10001
Punishingly Intricate

Specialty's!