yay date!
Now, this would be the perfect time for a swear word.
Kaylee ,'Jaynestown'
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.
beth b - Apr 11, 2009 12:29:56 pm PDT #6493 of 30000
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
omnis_audis - Apr 11, 2009 12:40:35 pm PDT #6494 of 30000
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
yay 2nd date!!!
All this talk of healthy inspired me to put a few extra slices of bacon in brunch today. AIFG!Um. Follow up on that bacon. Ya. Trying to get dressed up for an afternoon wedding. Nice slacks no longer fit. Hmmm. Maybe I've been having too much bacon since I moved to TX. Opps.
Speaking of wedding. I think I need to say 'no' to church weddings. All the weddings I've gone to of late were outdoor things, or in secular establishments. This was my first time in a Church of Christ service. It was rather interesting. NO music. And the vows were making the feminists in the room crawl (we were talking about it at the 'reception' afterward). I counted (3) instances where the preacher said, in effect, forgive him when he cheats on you. One time was forgive for lust, I forget what the other two phrases were. He didn't have to promise any such forgiveness. Most interesting. To keep from crawling out of my skin, I played "find the hidden speakers". Plus, the only color in the room was the stained glass behind the "altar" area, and it reminded me of the popcorn scene in REAL GENIUS, so I sat there picturing the whole room filled with pop corn.
§ ita § - Apr 11, 2009 1:02:23 pm PDT #6495 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
You can't fairly judge all church weddings by just one.
Hil R. - Apr 11, 2009 1:05:13 pm PDT #6496 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
I'm really not good at Passover. It's day 3, and I'm craving pasta. (Also, I really need to go grocery shopping -- I have a feeling I'd be craving pasta less if I had something other than just matzo to eat. Matzo brei was fun to experiment with, and I think I've nearly got it right now. Matzo with peanut butter is filling, but boring. I think I might have some tangerines.)
sj - Apr 11, 2009 1:06:49 pm PDT #6497 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
omnis, that doesn't sound like any church wedding I have been to.
The rice pies look good. I hope they taste good. We're watching some of the game now before attempting to make the rice pies.
sj - Apr 11, 2009 1:09:13 pm PDT #6498 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Hil, I would think Passover would be particularly hard on a vegan, it must really limit your options.
omnis_audis - Apr 11, 2009 1:12:17 pm PDT #6499 of 30000
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
You can't fairly judge all church weddings by just one.
omnis, that doesn't sound like any church wedding I have been to.
Whew. I know I'm a 'heathen' and all, but o boy did I feel like a fish out of water this afternoon. Good to know this is atypical. I really hope when she gets back from her honeymoon, the wedding doesn't come up in conversation at the lunch room. Apparently it was his church, she's marrying into it.
Typo Boy - Apr 11, 2009 1:23:57 pm PDT #6500 of 30000
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Passover question. Cous-cous are wheat, but they contain no ingredien except wheat and cook in 5-7 minutes unlike most pastas. Does that make them Kosher for passover? (assuming the facility they are prepared in is OK).
Hil R. - Apr 11, 2009 1:24:30 pm PDT #6501 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Hil, I would think Passover would be particularly hard on a vegan, it must really limit your options.
Well, I'm not totally vegan -- I still eat dairy, and I'm not always quite as vigilant as I think I should be about eggs as ingredients -- which helps some. Also, I decided that eating beans during Passover is OK for me -- I grew up with, basically, "We don't eat beans during Passover because our ancestors didn't, even though we acknowledge that the rule doesn't actually make sense," but I found a bunch of rabbis who've published things saying that beans are fine during Passover, and many of them added that especially vegans should consider eating beans, so I decided to add them back into my Passover diet.
None of that really helps, though, when my kitchen basically contains a box of matzo, an onion, a jar of peanut butter, a jar of almond butter, and a tangerine that I just ate. Plus some canned and dry beans, and a few packages of tofu, and a bunch of spices. I'm not going to starve on this, but I'm not going to eat anything very interesting, either. I need to go grocery shopping tomorrow and get some fruits and vegetables.
Hil R. - Apr 11, 2009 1:25:34 pm PDT #6502 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Passover question. Cous-cous are wheat, but they contain no ingredien except wheat and cook in 5-7 minutes unlike most pastas. Does that make them Kosher for passover? (assuming the facility they are prepared in is OK).
Nope. Wheat is allowable only in matzo form. There is something called Passover couscous, which we had at the seder, which is basically couscous-sized bits of matzo, and it was pretty good.