Two steaming cups of chocolate goodness. Courtesy of whomever I swiped it from out of the cupboard.

Ben ,'The Killer In Me'


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.


WindSparrow - Dec 25, 2009 8:50:13 am PST #4863 of 30000
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.

Much peace and strength~ma to Ginger's BFF and her whole family.

So far, my bestest prezzie has been not having to go in to work.

We're in Deepest Darkest Hampshire with my family.

Any other murricanistas have to double-take to not read that as "New Hampshire"?


Jessica - Dec 25, 2009 9:07:33 am PST #4864 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

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.

I'm not allowed in that store because I would go broke in about twelve seconds. Allowing me access to the cookbook aisle in the Strand is dangerous enough.


Seska (the Watcher-in-Training) - Dec 25, 2009 9:31:18 am PST #4865 of 30000
"We're all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?"

Ginger, very best wishes for your best friend. Sounds like a dreadful situation to be in.

Any other murricanistas have to double-take to not read that as "New Hampshire"?

Heh. 'Darkest Hampshire' has long been my name for the deep dark woods where my parents live. Actually, my mother has now moved to Dorset (the next county along). Makes no difference. It has become iconic, has poor Darkest Hampshire.

There's a dog whining at me for attention. It's not my dog. They are strange creatures. I am a cat person.


Pete, Husband of Jilli - Dec 25, 2009 9:58:40 am PST #4866 of 30000
"I've got a gun! I've got a mother-flippin' gun!" - Moss, The IT Crowd

Merry Christmas! (TAWC)

That's all. Gotta go do a little bit of tidying up before the in-laws get here and the great unwrapping begins!


Steph L. - Dec 25, 2009 10:39:21 am PST #4867 of 30000
I look more rad than Lutheranism

Semi-colon t-shirt on a very happy wordnerd.


DavidS - Dec 25, 2009 10:58:57 am PST #4868 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Nice punctuation, Tep!

Pete, do you love your ghastly Predator head?

I have mostly cleaned up from our dinner for eight last night. EM made a traditional New England clambake for JZ with lobsters, clams and mussels.

I don't really like lobster and clams only in a linguini cream sauce. But I poached off Emmett's steak and had pre-loaded with lots of the insanely tasty pate. Fortunately, all the guests were happy with the seafood feast.

We're having a brief respite before we head off to see JZ's extended family. I'm hoping there will be lamb served among the Greeks.


Anne W. - Dec 25, 2009 11:04:19 am PST #4869 of 30000
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.

That's an awesome photo, Teppy!

Alas, further plans for the day have been cancelled due to roads icing over. I'm both bummed and relieved. Also, while not greek, I will be having lamb tonight. Since I am being denied my mom's roast beef, I'm hauling the world's tiniest rack of lamb out of the freezer. With what I have around the house, I can probably make myself a very nice middle-eastern style dinner.


Barb - Dec 25, 2009 12:01:00 pm PST #4870 of 30000
“Not dead yet!”

Tep, in light of your most excellent word nerd shirt, thought I'd post this headline I read just a while ago:

Woman knocks down pope at Mass; Christmas celebrations begin

Had Lewis and I howling over the utter inappropriateness.


omnis_audis - Dec 25, 2009 12:03:18 pm PST #4871 of 30000
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir

So far, my bestest prezzie has been not having to go in to work.

I second this.


tommyrot - Dec 25, 2009 12:09:18 pm PST #4872 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

Woman knocks down pope at Mass; Christmas celebrations begin

Heh. It's like the Running of the Bulls - Christmas hasn't truly begun until the Knocking Down of the Pope....

At least he wasn't hurt.