Presents are opened! I got a compost crock, a bat house, and Life On Mars UK. Plus part of a goat from Heifer International. Yay!
I seen you without your clothes on before. Never thought I'd see you naked.
Mal ,'Trash'
Spike's Bitches 45: That sure as hell wasn't in the brochure.
[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.
smonster - Dec 25, 2009 6:50:30 am PST #4853 of 30000
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
Hil R. - Dec 25, 2009 6:58:19 am PST #4854 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
And, Hil, so what's in the 1910 vegetarian cookbook? I had no idea any such thing existed. What a great find on your sister's part!
I haven't done more than just glance through it yet. There's a store in NY that sells rare and antiquarian cookbooks, and my sister knows that she can get me pretty much anything from there and I'll love it.
ION, cookie fail. I'm not sure what happened. I've made this recipe before and it was perfect. These ones taste good, but they're way too thin and chewy. My best guess is that I wasn't paying enough attention and I added the oil twice, or maybe didn't add enough flour. In any case, the flavorings are rum, vanilla, molasses, cinnamon, and nutmeg, so they still taste really good.
sj - Dec 25, 2009 7:07:05 am PST #4855 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
The gift's for TCG's family are all ready to go. I re-used bows from last night, which I figured is both environmentally friendly and a huge time saver for me. No one should notice the difference.
The gathering with the step-family that was supposed to be tomorrow has been moved to the day after tomorrow! Which means that I can sleep in tomorrow and see Sherlock Holmes in the afternoon!
sj - Dec 25, 2009 7:15:52 am PST #4856 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
I have some leftover sugar-free peppermint bark that I made. I will ship it to the first person who claims it.
Seska (the Watcher-in-Training) - Dec 25, 2009 7:41:17 am PST #4857 of 30000
"We're all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?"
We're in Deepest Darkest Hampshire with my family. Currently watching the BBC production of The Gruffalo. So funny. Doctor Who next! Oh, there was also an enormous turkey dinner with a hundred desserts afterwards including chocolate yule log. My mother and grandmother are an amazing cooking team.
Ginger - Dec 25, 2009 7:42:34 am PST #4858 of 30000
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
A merry day to all.
I do love the Buffista stories. I set up my wireless router on my sister's computer AIFG. It's let me sneak in some reading time, anyway, and laugh at my girl Kara with visions of goblins dancing in her head.
I hope every works out well for your mother, Epic.
Spare a few thoughts for my BFF, please. Yesterday the hospice people estimated that her brother only has a few weeks left. She's been taking care of his kids for some time and all the responsibilities fall on her. Fuck cancer.
erikaj - Dec 25, 2009 7:51:31 am PST #4859 of 30000
Always Anti-fascist!
People who get seriously upset by swearing blow my mind, sj.Even though I came late to the practice of profanity...probably because my mother's so good at it. I think that person is lucky that you are her relative not me.
Shir - Dec 25, 2009 8:30:05 am PST #4860 of 30000
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".
Merry Christmas to all who celebrate. It is fun for me, too, to read your stories.
Epic, {{}} and ~ma. I'm sorry this is the how your Christmas turned out to be.
ION, my dog is 10 years old today. I did sing him Happy Birthday, but he didn't seem to care. Then we gave him some meat, and he approved it a lot more. Earlier we played, and there's still much of the puppy in him as he is chasing the basketball, one of his favorite toys.
Polter-Cow - Dec 25, 2009 8:33:16 am PST #4861 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Much ~ma for your mom, Epic. And for your BFF, Ginger.
Steph L. - Dec 25, 2009 8:42:13 am PST #4862 of 30000
I look more rad than Lutheranism
The Boy and I managed to get each other similar gifts, which is really funny, because I didn't know what he was getting me, and he didn't know what I was getting him.
I got him the Absinthe and Flamethrowers book, and he got me a book on the history of our neighborhood (which I had really been wanting).
I got him black PVC/latex stockings, and he got me black retro lingerie.
I got him a red safety light for his bicycle, and he got me a t-shirt with a red semi-colon on it. (Okay, that last one is reaching in terms of similarities, but the books and the black unmentionables just cracked us both up.)