River: I didn't think you'd come for me. Simon: Well, you're a dummy.

'Serenity'


Natter 65: Speed Limit Enforced by Aircraft  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, pandas, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


Steph L. - Mar 28, 2010 11:15:56 am PDT #19396 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

Anyway, I offer unto you this tiny bit of life enhancement: tater tots.

The tot is indeed one of the more fantastico forms of the potato.

tater tachos. Just like nachos, but with tots as the base. So much yum.

Oh my. I now know what my life has been lacking.


DavidS - Mar 28, 2010 11:17:23 am PDT #19397 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

tater tachos. Just like nachos, but with tots as the base. So much yum.

They're like magic food! I need to go build a teleporter made entirely out of tater tots, transport myself to MiracleMan's house, yell "In your face, Joe!" then disappear in a puff of starchy goodness.


Scrappy - Mar 28, 2010 11:25:05 am PDT #19398 of 30001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.

Thank you for the kind words and letting me vent. I know it's stupid to even think about. Before any important event, and the body image demons come after me about clothes and weight and all lame, shallow stuff. Once the event begins, however, I tend to just forget about them and have a good time.

Tater tots rule!


§ ita § - Mar 28, 2010 11:26:27 am PDT #19399 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Thanks, guys.

Unfortunately I did not get useful treatment, but hopefully I can get my migraine specialist to make some noise so next time I go in won't be so bad. Although, if it's dick nurse again, I'm pretty much SOL.

Are tater tots like croquettes? We used to have those a fair amount in England, and they were delicious. I don't know that I've ever had tater tots.


Tom Scola - Mar 28, 2010 11:27:35 am PDT #19400 of 30001
They pay me in WOIMS

Tiny croquettes, maybe an inch long.


Barb - Mar 28, 2010 11:28:06 am PDT #19401 of 30001
“Not dead yet!”

Another concert reminiscence: Seeing Chris Botti at the Blue Note in NYC in December, where he plays for about three weeks every year. The night we went, it was just prior to his recording one of his concert specials, so they were essentially rehearsing. Including special guests Paula Cole and Sting, who both showed up unannounced. I was at a table about ten feet away from the stage.

Absolute magic.


Jesse - Mar 28, 2010 11:29:52 am PDT #19402 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Tiny croquettes, maybe an inch long.

Except aren't the potatoes larger shreds in tater tots? And nothing inside.

Unless I'm thinking of the wrong kind of croquette.


Barb - Mar 28, 2010 11:37:18 am PDT #19403 of 30001
“Not dead yet!”

Tater tots and croquettes are completely different to me. This is what I think of as croquettes:

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And OMG, are they of the NOM and YUM. With perfectly fried eggs and a big slab of Cuban bread, it is my OTB.


Jesse - Mar 28, 2010 11:38:31 am PDT #19404 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

This is what I think of as croquettes

Yeah, me too.

ita, have you had fast-food style hashbrown patties? Tots are like that.


§ ita § - Mar 28, 2010 11:43:15 am PDT #19405 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

have you had fast-food style hashbrown patties? Tots are like that.

Ugh. Don't like those. At least the times I've had them, the texture of the shreds of potato were too preserved. Whereas the croquettes were like mashed potatoes.

I should eat. I haven't done that yet today.