I have a friend who's both a full-time wheelie and a serious cook; she designed her own house and her kitchen is TO DIE FOR. (Varying heights, moveable countertops and appliances, varied depths of things. Every time I visit, I reset my brain about how the standardized sizes really aren't so much ideal as just average. Plus, awesome for parties.)
I've tried to march in the Slayer Pride Parade ...
Joyce ,'Same Time, Same Place'
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.
amych - Nov 17, 2009 6:18:18 am PST #781 of 30000
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Hil R. - Nov 17, 2009 6:19:23 am PST #782 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
I have trouble with a regular-height kitchen counter just from being too short. "Average height" for design purposes generally starts at about four inches taller than me.
amych - Nov 17, 2009 6:20:22 am PST #783 of 30000
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
"Average height" for design purposes generally starts at about four inches taller than me.
Nodnod. And not as easy to alter as pants.
Seska (the Watcher-in-Training) - Nov 17, 2009 6:22:13 am PST #784 of 30000
"We're all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?"
I have a friend who's both a full-time wheelie and a serious cook; she designed her own house and her kitchen is TO DIE FOR.
Her kitchen sounds so cool! I am in no way a cook. But if I had a really good kitchen, I might at least try to scramble eggs occasionally.
Hil, I don't know the Extreme Makeover show, but I might look it up. It sounds interesting.
WindSparrow - Nov 17, 2009 6:24:57 am PST #785 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.
Happy Birthday, Jilli!
Ginger, how is your back feeling today? I hope you haven't stiffened up so much that you can't move.
Congratulations, Nora!
Vortex - Nov 17, 2009 6:25:37 am PST #786 of 30000
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
Every time I visit, I reset my brain about how the standardized sizes really aren't so much ideal as just average.
yeah, and sometimes the heights don't change for a while. The "standard" bathtub size hasn't changed since the early 1900s.
Vortex - Nov 17, 2009 6:26:53 am PST #787 of 30000
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
I found a cake that I want to make for Thanksgiving, but it's a bundt pan recipe. I don't have one, and won't use one enough to buy one. Any ideas on conversion?
Jessica - Nov 17, 2009 6:28:18 am PST #788 of 30000
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
I've seen disposable bundt pans in the supermarket before - that might be the easiest route.
§ ita § - Nov 17, 2009 6:33:16 am PST #789 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Vortex, I'm surprised at what you don't have, for a foodie. But I'm more a gadget acquirer than a proper cook. I do love my bundt pan, though. It makes such pretty cakes. Can't recommend the silicon one, though. It just didn't come off slickly enough. But the teflon one is great.
Jessica's idea is much more practical than I am. I tend to buy a cake tin if I can see using it twice in a year or two. And I can always make that case.
Seska (the Watcher-in-Training) - Nov 17, 2009 6:48:41 am PST #790 of 30000
"We're all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?"
Right. I have to get ready to go to my evening class. Oh, and at some point I have to write an essay for it. Neither of these is a serious priority at the moment.
The Girl just brought me Yorkshire Tea and chocolate teacakes. She's fab.