Thanks, Cashmere! I marked this. But ugh, raisins are evil.
I don't give a good gorram about relevant, Wash. Or objective. And I ain't so afraid of losing something that I ain't gonna try to have it. You and I would make one beautiful baby. And I want to meet that child one day. Period.
Zoe ,'Heart Of Gold'
Natter 61*
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.
Shir - Oct 07, 2008 7:53:56 am PDT #3001 of 10001
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".
Cashmere - Oct 07, 2008 7:54:22 am PDT #3002 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.
Allyson, be the Mysterious Outsider! You're too cool for school.
JZ - Oct 07, 2008 7:56:26 am PDT #3003 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.
Beer-fetching monkey waiters? I vote glorious, glorious utopia.
Bleah. All the craxy out there is making me want to hug the stuffing out of my church-going family and its wholehearted acceptance and welcome of my brother and his husband. WTF, rest of the world? What's up with making my family look sane and close-knit and fully functional?
msbelle - Oct 07, 2008 8:00:43 am PDT #3004 of 10001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
seasoned breadcrumbs are great for coating any type of meat. also great for meatloafs.
larger chunk bread crumbs are good for making dressing.
Allyson - sorry you are feeling left out. Are there many there that you'd want to be chummy with? You're a creative writer and organizer, maybe best to sit and observe, maybe get some character ideas for a new story.
DavidS - Oct 07, 2008 8:01:27 am PDT #3005 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I'm like, the loser with no friends here. No one ever wants to sit at my lunch table.
Maybe you could just stand up and pronounce, "I am Spartacus!" and see what happens.
Shir - Oct 07, 2008 8:05:46 am PDT #3006 of 10001
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".
seasoned breadcrumbs are great for coating any type of meat. also great for meatloafs.
Oh, I'm also vegetarian.
Maybe you could just stand up and pronounce, "I am Spartacus!" and see what happens.
heehee.
Jesse - Oct 07, 2008 8:09:01 am PDT #3007 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Shir, I haven't used it myself, but I really like the looks of this vegan loaf creator, which includes breadcrumbs.... [link]
lisah - Oct 07, 2008 8:13:07 am PDT #3008 of 10001
Punishingly Intricate
Magical Loaf Creator!
hahaha
Shir - Oct 07, 2008 8:13:23 am PDT #3009 of 10001
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".
Oh! Thanks Jesse!
tommyrot - Oct 07, 2008 8:14:53 am PDT #3010 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.
Another article on this economic mess: How did it all happen?
As I write this, the dow is down 430 points, below 10,000 for the first time in four years. Tyler Cowen has published his list of what went wrong, with which I largely concur. Another way to think about it is as a series of cognitive errors that afflicted everyone: investors, home buyers, lenders, regulators. They're standard cognitive errors that so far, no one has a very good way of eradicating:
The list is pretty interesting....
Optimistic bias: People tend to be overconfident about their own abilities and the outcome of their plans. Something like 90% of people think that they are above average drivers less likely to get into an accident than the average joe. This is so pervasive that there is actually a scientific name for the few people who accurately assess their own future, their abilities, and what other people think of them: clinically depressed.
Heh. A while back there was a study that suggested that depressed people have a more accurate view of the probabilities of success and failure in any given venture, but recently there's been some doubt cast upon that result....