Hey, Theo, is it still snowy/icy on the ground there? I'm trying to decide if I should bother packing sneakers, which are No Good on ice.
You know, it's funny. We went to war never looking to come back, but it's the real world I couldn't survive.
Tracy ,'The Message'
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 - Dec 23, 2008 3:43:40 am PST #7600 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Theodosia - Dec 23, 2008 4:04:59 am PST #7601 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"
Jesse, yes --lots of snow, lots of ice where the snow partially melted, et cetera. It's mostly been steadily below zero, so not much has melted other than roofs and so on, but even so. And, of course, there are huge 5' snow berms in the streets where people dug out their cars, so it's harder than normal to find parking....
I swear, if I ever figure out a lifestyle where I could live in Tucson from December to March, and then back here for the rest, I sure would.
Jesse - Dec 23, 2008 4:06:57 am PST #7602 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
OK, no sneakers. I probably didn't need to ask, since even though our sidewalks here are mostly clear, it is still treacherous crossing the street because the curbs are all icy and bleh.
Ginger - Dec 23, 2008 4:14:36 am PST #7603 of 10002
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Crap, ita. May your holiday be pain free.
Shir - Dec 23, 2008 4:17:01 am PST #7604 of 10002
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".
What Ginger said.
flea - Dec 23, 2008 4:23:00 am PST #7605 of 10002
information libertarian
Like this was ever a good idea: [link]
Barb - Dec 23, 2008 4:27:00 am PST #7606 of 10002
“Not dead yet!”
OMG, it's like a real-life Crankshaft
flea - Dec 23, 2008 4:37:08 am PST #7607 of 10002
information libertarian
I've had a hankering for latkes this week. I've been thinking about my 5th grade class in the Boston suburbs, where a parent came in and made latkes with us. I'd previously been living in rural Maine, and suddenly here I was in a very diverse town, lots of first-generation immigrants from everywhere. I'd never heard of latkes before. Anyway, anybody got a best recipe?
I am at work again today, and between the cookies I still want to make, and the need to make a gingerbread house and do the first half of a boeuf bourguignon tomorrow, I have no idea when I can make latkes. But I want to!
Shir - Dec 23, 2008 4:39:19 am PST #7608 of 10002
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".
Flea, I'll ask my mom later. It's supposed to be really simple: just have mash potatoes, oil and sugar in hand. Some use onions as well.
Tom Scola - Dec 23, 2008 4:40:17 am PST #7609 of 10002
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Eggs.