I used to think Nader was sort of attractive before all that happened. Man, Perkins...remind me not to piss you off. Do you think Coulter and KO had, like, Worst.Sex. Ever? Because they seem to despise each other on a really personal level. IJS. In that DINAO, I guess Lieberman. My instinct is it would be a shorter evening...can I do it Friday before sunset?

Now I need to know if freezing a candle really makes it drip less...

I'd say that if you're burning a candle that's still cold, less wax would melt.

But I don't care enough to conduct experiments to find out for sure....

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I'd say that if you're burning a candle that's still cold, less wax would melt.

Would it stay cold, you think, for an appreciable amount of time? Would the wax staying solid impede the progress of the wick burning in any negative way?

EXPERIMENT, damn you!

EXPERIMENT, damn you!

I need candles.

At least there's plenty of room in my freezer.

Perkins is The Devil.

Lena Headey
Claudia Black
Katee Sackhoff

Matthew Gray Gubler
Joseph Gordon Levitt
Neil Patrick Harris

Is that better?

Would it stay cold, you think, for an appreciable amount of time?

Dunno.

Would the wax staying solid impede the progress of the wick burning in any negative way?

Yes. It would burn slower. The wick serves to vaporize wax (it's the wax vapors that burn, not the molten wax). It would take more energy to melt the cold wax, so it would melt slower, thus exposing less of the wick, resulting in less molten wax being vaporized.

The outfit I wore today doesn't work. I really need a slip if I'm going to wear these tights with this dress. But this dress might be a little close for a slip. Shame. It's never going to be warm enough here to go tightsless.

C Katee (one note), F Lena Headey (what a beauty), M Claudia (who rocks).

The men are harder. I'd C NPH because he beat John Barrowman in the afterelton poll only, F JGL, M MGG because he's a fascinating bundle of weird.

I need candles.

Hey, -t, can you send tommy some candles? They should be your husband's candles for accuracy.

Malt-o-meal

It would take more energy to melt the cold wax, so it would melt slower, thus exposing less of the wick

By negative I meant perhaps mucking up the candle entirely--if the wax melts too slowly the wick can't burn and the candle goes out. But the candle might warm up before that's a factor.

I feel like we did the candle burning experiment with inconclusive results, but it was a while ago. I can tell you that there is significant drippage on the ol' menorah even when all the candles have been in the freezer.

Tell you what, I will stick a Shabbos candle in the freezer right now, and light along side a non-frozen candle from the same box this Friday, see if there's any difference.