I swear, one of these times, you're gonna wake up in a coma.

Cordelia ,'Showtime'


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.


Burrell - Oct 13, 2008 8:27:04 am PDT #4304 of 10001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!

Happy birthday to Matt, Cash, and megan! That's a nice trio.

Happy Thanksgiving to Canada, and happy Sukkot.

Okay I have a question. Why was the A/C in my office not working when it was 95 degrees outside? And now that it's working, what eejit decided to set the thermostat to 50? Is there no such thing as a happy medium around here?


Jesse - Oct 13, 2008 8:32:11 am PDT #4305 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

I would like to know why it's not warm like they said it would be here! And why it's chilly in my office as well. I would have worn boots and not shaved my legs! t /tmi


DavidS - Oct 13, 2008 8:43:46 am PDT #4306 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Food porn:

My fave thing in fall is bagna cauda, and we wait till the first local cardoons arrive at the green market in November and serendipitously white truffles arrive from Piemonte in Italy. We make the warm garlic anchovy bath and serve it like fondue in a terra-cotta bowl over a little candle heater. Then we dip the raw cardoons along with fennel, raw pumpkin slices, celery, the last radishes and thin pieces of raw cabbage in over and over again until the bagna cauda is almost gone. Then we crack a couple of eggs in the dregs of the bowl and cook till softly scrambled and shave white truffles over the eggs and eat them on little crostini drizzled with new olive oil. Yeow.

MARIO BATALI Chef and restaurateur


Barb - Oct 13, 2008 8:52:25 am PDT #4307 of 10001
“Not dead yet!”

Food porn:

Damn. And here I thought only Nigella could make bagna cauda sound like porn.


Consuela - Oct 13, 2008 8:52:57 am PDT #4308 of 10001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

I can haz massage! Yay!


DavidS - Oct 13, 2008 9:03:57 am PDT #4309 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Damn. And here I thought only Nigella could make bagna cauda sound like porn.

I've never even heard of it before! Now I want it for lunch.


Cashmere - Oct 13, 2008 9:14:17 am PDT #4310 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.

Levi Johnston speaks.

Hurray! Another high school dropout.


Pix - Oct 13, 2008 9:26:07 am PDT #4311 of 10001
The status is NOT quo.

Happy birthday, Matt!

Happy birthday, Cashmere!

Happy birthday, megan walker!

Happy Thanksgiving, Canadians!

Happy Sukkot to those who celebrate! (I didn't know anything about Sukkot until I worked at the Jewish high school a few years ago, and I fell in love with the holiday then.)

YAY HAPPY DAY ALL AROUND!

Allyson, I'm glad Kat was able to give you alternate directions to Pasadena. I haven't checked b.org all morning or I'd have chimed in earlier.

In meme news, one of my colleagues has had a bit of a mental breakdown (it's been weeks in the making, but we kept hoping the meds were helping), and now I'm basically teaching two more classes on top of my normal course load (her other courses are being covered by other teachers). Argh. I'm glad to help her out, but I do not have time for this right now.


Barb - Oct 13, 2008 9:27:12 am PDT #4312 of 10001
“Not dead yet!”

In meme news, one of my colleagues has had a bit of a mental breakdown (it's been weeks in the making, but we kept hoping the meds were helping)

Was this the young, perfectionist teacher, Kristin?


Pix - Oct 13, 2008 9:28:55 am PDT #4313 of 10001
The status is NOT quo.

Barb, yep, that's the one. Love her to pieces, but...yeah. She's out today and will probably be out tomorrow and who knows how long after that. I was only supposed to teach periods 1, 5, and 6 today; instead, I'm teaching 1, 2, 3, 5, and 6 and making up lesson plans on the fly.