Captain was looking for a pilot. I found a husband. Seemed to work out.

Zoe ,'Bushwhacked'


Natter 63: Life after PuppyCam  

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.


Jessica - Jan 29, 2009 6:05:19 am PST #4080 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

They freeze beautifully. You might as well make a bunch!

Dude, my kitchen is in NYC. You think I have freezer space for 10 lbs of anything?


dcp - Jan 29, 2009 6:13:26 am PST #4081 of 30000
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.

Late start at work today, so I had time to upload some pictures from my Monday trip to the Keys. Link is in my profile.

If any of you get the chance to head down that way, I highly recommend the glass-bottom boat tour out of John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park in Key Largo: [link]

Thanks to Laura and her DH for the recommendation!


Trudy Booth - Jan 29, 2009 6:16:56 am PST #4082 of 30000
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart

Dude, my kitchen is in NYC. You think I have freezer space for 10 lbs of anything?

Besides the ice that freakin' instantly builds up on the sides of those crummy freezer-in-fridge freezers? Prolly not.


Kat - Jan 29, 2009 6:17:36 am PST #4083 of 30000
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

Jessica, I asked a teacher at my school who makes yummy tamales. She said that this ratio should work:

2 teaspoon salt
1 cup lard or shortening
3 cups Masa
1.5 to 2 cups stock, but only add enough for the dough to form.


amych - Jan 29, 2009 6:19:38 am PST #4084 of 30000
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?

:: fights sudden urge to skip out of work to make tamales ::


Jessica - Jan 29, 2009 6:20:38 am PST #4085 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

Thanks Kat, that makes a lot more sense.

I think the cookbook I was using must have had a typo because it was calling for 1 cup of stock for 1/2 cups masa - my guess is it should have said 1 1/2 cups masa instead.


Kat - Jan 29, 2009 6:23:44 am PST #4086 of 30000
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

That does look like a typo. Typos in cookbooks and recipes lead to epic fails!

Okay. I should go work.

I just realized Noah and Grace are now officially too big to benefit from stuff on the Babysteals website. There are no toddler steals, huh?


aurelia - Jan 29, 2009 6:23:53 am PST #4087 of 30000
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.

He was sleeping on my pillow, after having pulled back the bedspread.

In my parent's house that's known as the Schnauzer turndown service.


Steph L. - Jan 29, 2009 6:24:05 am PST #4088 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

The Pain sums up a computerless week.

I've never seen that comic before, but I like the commentary even better than the comics themselves.


Jessica - Jan 29, 2009 6:26:49 am PST #4089 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

If you're on Twitter, Kat, Parenthacks regularly posts links to online deals on kids' stuff.