Speaking of Costco, the hit of our party was the goat cheese with fig we got there. SO good.
You're wrong about River. River's not on the ship. They didn't want her here, but she couldn't make herself leave. So she melted... Melted away. They didn't know she could do that, but she did.
River ,'Objects In Space'
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.
Scrappy - Dec 14, 2008 7:52:26 am PST #6067 of 10002
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Barb - Dec 14, 2008 8:10:05 am PST #6068 of 10002
“Not dead yet!”
Good God, y'all, I've just spent the last four hours combing online archives for flight routes from the mid-sixties, trying to ascertain when airlines began offering non-stop routes between New York and Los Angeles and what levels of flight classes existed, how long the flight might have taken and Jesus God, I've even downloaded menus from different airlines.
Plus the request to the Richter Library at the University of Miami for historical information on Pan American Airlines
All for what might amount to a page... maybe two, in the manuscript. That no one but me and maybe six other people will ever care about.
Explain to me why I do this to myself?
javachik - Dec 14, 2008 8:11:44 am PST #6069 of 10002
Our wings are not tired.
Because it's fun, you learn a lot from it, and readers like me do care.
§ ita § - Dec 14, 2008 8:13:06 am PST #6070 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
You don't want to get that cranky letter from a reader who got "totally kicked out of the story" by you getting it wrong.
You know how internet people can be.
msbelle - Dec 14, 2008 8:43:06 am PST #6071 of 10002
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
4 dz sugar cookies. Now to start rolling and cutting out the bizcochos, I have an hour before my brother is here.
We have watched The year without a Santa Claus, BY REQUEST from mac, so I am getting right in the spirit.
Barb - Dec 14, 2008 8:50:05 am PST #6072 of 10002
“Not dead yet!”
Because it's fun, you learn a lot from it, and readers like me do care.
True. I have seriously gotten my geek on. And I can now tell you that United had a non-stop route from New York to LA (Not sure which airport, though. Have to work on that.) It would have been on a DC-8 and your menu service would have included a full selection of wine and spirits, including United's Special Very Dry Martini (Gin or Vodka)and a dinner that might have consisted of a Deviled Ham Puff, Cream of Mushroom Soup, Broiled Tenderloin Steak with Bordelaise Sauce, buttered lima beans and glazed baby carrots, a Princess Salad with Remoulade and a Black Raspberry Parfait.
Plus, the ever important Dinner Mint.
GEEK! Oy.
Shir - Dec 14, 2008 8:52:33 am PST #6073 of 10002
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".
Shit, shit, shit, shit.
A water pipe exploded. It's almost 9pm.
It's gonna be very expensive. I'm waiting for the plumber(s) to call back. This is NOT good, not now.
Sue - Dec 14, 2008 8:59:14 am PST #6074 of 10002
hip deep in pie
Yikes! Shir.
I have made mac and cheese and shortbread cookies for the potluck. Well half the cookies I made are for the potluck, half I'll bring to work tomorrow.
Typo Boy - Dec 14, 2008 9:13:27 am PST #6075 of 10002
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Wow! Yikes Shir. DCP, so sorry. The freakin bad news, small and big, needs to freakin stop.
msbelle - Dec 14, 2008 9:16:11 am PST #6076 of 10002
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
ugh shir.
well I didn't think the bizcocho dough felt right. I double checked the recipe and I used double the amount of lard. good thing I was going to the grocery store anyway huh. I'll just double up on everything else in them and I guess we'll have loads and loads of cookies. Of course this means I will be baking tonight.