OK, ita, how do you work mustard in butter for popcorn? Mine was just a clump, and I didn't want to cook off all the vinegar. Oh, were you using dry mustard?
The count of three isn't a plan. It's Sesame Street.
Buffy ,'First Date'
Natter 62: The 62nd Natter
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.
Jesse - Nov 19, 2008 2:11:11 pm PST #2388 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Anne W. - Nov 19, 2008 2:16:33 pm PST #2389 of 10002
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
The dog conversation reminded me: I must show you Benny.
My mom and stepdad brought him home a week ago. He's a 6-year old terrier mix. Poor little guy was a neglect case and was absolutely infested with heartworms when he was brought to the shelter.
§ ita § - Nov 19, 2008 2:19:58 pm PST #2390 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
OK, ita, how do you work mustard in butter for popcorn?
I just stirred it in very vigourously once the butter was nice and melted and then poured it on the popcorn right away.
beth b - Nov 19, 2008 2:25:59 pm PST #2391 of 10002
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
cute , very alert puppy!
Jesse - Nov 19, 2008 2:29:23 pm PST #2392 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I just stirred it in very vigourously once the butter was nice and melted and then poured it on the popcorn right away.
OK, I will have to try it again. The horror!
aurelia - Nov 19, 2008 2:31:31 pm PST #2393 of 10002
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
Ha! TMBG are (or is?) doing a Repeal Day concert. [link]
After 13 long years, the shiny new 21st Amendment, repealing the 18th Amendment, had enough states behind it to be ratified on December 5th, 1933. The issue of alcohol would be taken out of the hands of the federal government and left to each state’s counties to decide locally.
Barb - Nov 19, 2008 2:34:00 pm PST #2394 of 10002
“Not dead yet!”
Huh. Suppose it's ethical to create a woolly mammoth. How about a Neanderthal?
I figured they already had. (Sorry-- he's freaky looking to me.)
Theodosia - Nov 19, 2008 2:50:02 pm PST #2395 of 10002
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Puppy cage fight!
Dana - Nov 19, 2008 2:51:17 pm PST #2396 of 10002
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
I can't wait until the puppies knock the webcam over.
Jessica - Nov 19, 2008 2:54:31 pm PST #2397 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Having been through it once without one, I would LOVE to have a doula at my next childbirth if I can afford it. Basically a birth doula is part advocate, part coach. The doula's responsibility is to make sure you have a good birth experience (as opposed to the doctor, whose responsibility is to deliver a healthy baby). She's* the person who knows your birth plan and isn't all hopped up on painkillers and hormones, and has experience communicating with doctors and nurses under stressful circumstances. She's also the person responsible for making sure your family either stays close or stays out of the way depending on your preference, and also will coach you through labor and transition with breathing/stretching/whatever you've discussed ahead of time.
*I suppose technically there could be male doulas, but I've never met or heard of one. Would he be a doulo?
My neighbor is a postpartum doula - she'll come to your house and help you learn how to breastfeed and make sure you're taking care of yourself, etc.
TMBG are (or is?) doing a Repeal Day concert.
Aw, man! Not in Brooklyn!