Giles, if you would like to get by in American society, then you are going to have to follow our traditions. You're the patriarch. You have to host the festivities, or it's all meaningless.

Buffy ,'Sleeper'


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.


Barb - Dec 22, 2008 5:47:15 am PST #7443 of 10002
“Not dead yet!”

Okay, this is what I've got it narrowed down to, dessert-wise:

  • New Orleans Bread Pudding w/Whisky Sauce
  • Ginger Pear Upside Down Cake
  • Red Velvet Cake
  • Chocolate Malt Cake
  • Chocolate Pavlova w/ raspberries
  • Molasses Spice Cake w/Orange Buttercream Frosting

What do we think?


msbelle - Dec 22, 2008 5:47:20 am PST #7444 of 10002
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

my parents, the GRANDparents, did not buy a toy for mac. talk about falling down on the job. They took one I had bought and one my brother had. I think I need more for mac's stocking, but I have no interest in small crappy stuff that will get thrown out in a day or two, nor in candy that will make him a bouncy unmanagable boy (there will be enough of that on Christmas as it is).


Allyson - Dec 22, 2008 5:48:31 am PST #7445 of 10002
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

And now it is raining.


Jesse - Dec 22, 2008 5:50:07 am PST #7446 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

talk about falling down on the job.

Seriously! For the stocking, I often got a fancy toothbrush (and in my easter basket, too), and of course an orange.


Allyson - Dec 22, 2008 5:50:29 am PST #7447 of 10002
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

Did you get a fresh set of Crayolas for his stocking, msbelle? I always got crayolas and a new watercolor set in mine. LOVED IT.


Jesse - Dec 22, 2008 5:51:15 am PST #7448 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

I think I vote bread pudding for dessert.

Why is it so cold in here????

Also, I have already cracked the whip this morning, so I think I'm done with working....


amych - Dec 22, 2008 5:54:45 am PST #7449 of 10002
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?

What do we think?

Is this an "all of the above" kind of quiz?


Barb - Dec 22, 2008 5:57:09 am PST #7450 of 10002
“Not dead yet!”

Is this an "all of the above" kind of quiz?

There are only five of us, so I reluctantly have to choose only one.

I suspect Lewis will want the Chocolate Malt cake, which, admittedly, looks very good.

The Ginger Pear and bread pudding both appeal to my sense of home that I associate with the holidays.


msbelle - Dec 22, 2008 5:57:32 am PST #7451 of 10002
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

I vote ginger/pear upside down.

KR, he has like a bagillion crayons and prefers colored pencils anyway. He has 2 boxes of those. a new pencil sharpener would work though, as well as colored paper for airplanes.

Jesse, I am doing a tangerine in there even though he will NOT get it and proclaim it lame. a toothbrush as well as charcter toothpaste will work though (I have denied him the character toothpaste for months).

Thanks for the ideas!


DavidS - Dec 22, 2008 5:58:37 am PST #7452 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

He has 2 boxes of those. a new pencil sharpener would work though, as well as colored paper for airplanes.

Balsa wood airplane? They're cheap but they're actually fun and last for a bit. (Emmett and Matilda both got balsa wood planes in their stockings. Emmett's is the fancy kind with a rubber band.)