Glad to hear your mom is doing better, Hil.
Question: Will hiding in a cavern with stockpiled chocolate goods be any part of this plan?
Xander ,'Get It Done'
Spike's Bitches 44: It's about the rules having changed.
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
Pix - Sep 12, 2009 11:49:18 am PDT #22834 of 30000
The status is NOT quo.
Tom Scola - Sep 12, 2009 1:13:03 pm PDT #22835 of 30000
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Happy Birthday, Polter-Cow!!
Polter-Cow - Sep 12, 2009 1:21:54 pm PDT #22836 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Thanks, Tom!
I went to Bakesale Betty for the first time—I'd had some of their food before but never actually gone myself—and asked if they did anything for birthdays. The woman said they didn't. I said, "Oh. Well, it's my birthday." And ordered the chicken sandwich.
When she handed me my food, she said, "Happy birthday," and smiled at me. My bag was strangely heavy. When I got home, I discovered, as I had suspected, that she had thrown in a strawberry shortcake. Yay!
brenda m - Sep 12, 2009 1:22:34 pm PDT #22837 of 30000
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Nice! Now I want strawberry shortcake.
Hil R. - Sep 12, 2009 1:32:28 pm PDT #22838 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
That's one seriously monochromatic protest.
Seriously. I just looked through the NY Times photos, and found exactly two people who looked like they might be POC.
VegFest was clearly the better option in this neighborhood today. Diverse crowd, good food, cute dogs, little kids with pictures of vegetables painted on their faces, and people offering positive solutions for things, rather than just screaming about how they don't like the way things are now. Also, donuts. And free marshmallows.
brenda m - Sep 12, 2009 1:38:34 pm PDT #22839 of 30000
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Your VegFest post made me totally envious. We need something like that around here. (Or more to the point, I need to figure out if we have something like that around here.)
ION, how have I lost my bank card again for at least the second time this week, when I have to go out of town at 5 am tomorrow morning? Sometimes I just can't believe my suck. (I also lost my CTA card this week, which is way worse, really, since I have fewer workarounds.)
Hil R. - Sep 12, 2009 1:42:41 pm PDT #22840 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Hrm. I have basil, olive oil, garlic, nutritional yeastand a mini food processor. Can i made a decent vegan pesto without nuts or do i really need to haul my butt back out in the midday sun for nuts?
I'd think you'd need nuts. Seems like it would be more like a salad dressing texture than a pesto texture without them.
Atropa - Sep 12, 2009 1:47:36 pm PDT #22841 of 30000
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Happy birthday, P-C!
Polter-Cow - Sep 12, 2009 1:56:07 pm PDT #22842 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Thanks, Jilli!
Nice! Now I want strawberry shortcake.
The Bakesale Betty strawberry shortcake is more like a shortcake topped with three billion strawberries and a half-pint of whipped cream. I could only finish about half of it. I think it'll keep in the fridge.
So I just left the current potential future wife a terribly awkward and rambly voicemail. Also, after looking at her website more, I found several more positives. She also likes Red Hot Chili Peppers and Beck and the Postal Service and Green Day. And Osha Thai.
Weirdly, she has the same initials as my dad.
Laura - Sep 12, 2009 2:11:58 pm PDT #22843 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
Happy Birthday, Polter-Cow! Yay for positives on the CPFW! I'm sure the voicemail was as much endearing as it was awkward.