Happy New Year! We had a lovely gathering of some of our closest friends last night. We snacked, drank alcoholic and non, played Rock Band, watched the ball drop and toasted with many bottles of delicious champagne (and ND shared some of his new Christmas scotch, which was quite good), and went back to playing Rock Band, talking, and laughing a lot. The last people left just before 5 this morning, and we have just now woken up and are thinking about food. I have grading to do every day until school starts back up on Monday, but I'm thinking a nummy breakfast of some sort is necessary first.
Does anybody mind if I pass out?
Willow ,'Beneath You'
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.
Pix - Jan 01, 2009 11:31:14 am PST #8988 of 10002
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
beth b - Jan 01, 2009 11:49:42 am PST #8989 of 10002
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
Happy birthday susan
Laura - Jan 01, 2009 11:59:37 am PST #8990 of 10002
Our wings are not tired.
Happy Birthday to Susan!
Dana - Jan 01, 2009 12:08:00 pm PST #8991 of 10002
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Ha ha, episodes of Leverage On Demand. I've been meaning to watch this.
Jesse - Jan 01, 2009 12:16:34 pm PST #8992 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
OK, I have done Stage One of dealing with paper/files/etc. So that's something. More tomorrow! Or maybe even later this evening.
And I see what TLC thinks people make their new year's resolutions about -- all night is shows about incredibly fat people.
msbelle - Jan 01, 2009 12:17:39 pm PST #8993 of 10002
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
woah is it cold out there. mac and I went to the AMNH and Planetarium with another child and parent. probably there 4 hours with lunch. now I want a nap.
DavidS - Jan 01, 2009 12:22:10 pm PST #8994 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
She's very strict about what constitutes real lime juice and how much you should shake the drink.
She's a cocktail snob! We could totally go drinking together.
Jesse - Jan 01, 2009 12:22:59 pm PST #8995 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
She's a cocktail snob! We could totally go drinking together.
Just know that she will judge you by your order.
DavidS - Jan 01, 2009 12:25:16 pm PST #8996 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Just know that she will judge you by your order.
Not a problem! My current favorite drink has rye, cognac and bitters in it.
For those who are not cocktail snobs but would want to impress Rachel Maddow should you be having drinks with her, the two fool proof cool drinks to have in front of a cocktail snob would be: The Aviation (Betsy is a partisan of this, incidentally) or The Negroni.
Or, you know, just order what you prefer.
Jesse - Jan 01, 2009 12:26:27 pm PST #8997 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
MC: What do you do when you're not doing your pundit thing?
RM: On weekends I stay away from politics, which isn't hard because we don't own a TV. I go to the dump every Saturday. I wake up on Sunday and plan out what cocktail I'm going to make that night. I'm a hobbyist bartender and a drinking bully.
MC: You bully people into drinking?
RM: I bully them about what they drink - whether I think it's worthy. Your Peronis pass muster.