Turns out that five tbsp of butter really does make a good tomato sauce: [link] This stuff is real good. Now I gotta figure out what to do with the stewed onion?
Every planet has its own weird customs. About a year before we met, I spent six weeks on a moon where the principal form of recreation was juggling geese. My hand to God. Baby geese. Goslings. They were juggled.
Wash ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
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.
bon bon - Mar 31, 2010 8:37:38 pm PDT #20206 of 30001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
aurelia - Mar 31, 2010 8:47:09 pm PDT #20207 of 30001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
Don't borrow angst, Kat.
Burrell - Mar 31, 2010 8:53:34 pm PDT #20208 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Why am I borrowing angst?
Because that's what mom's do? Because this is a huge and amazing and the doctors are trying to tell you not to worry?
beth b - Mar 31, 2010 9:18:00 pm PDT #20209 of 30001
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
gotta, go with Burrell on this one , kat. You are mom, you worry and plan and reworry and plan.
Beverly - Mar 31, 2010 9:41:52 pm PDT #20210 of 30001
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Has anybody heard from CV? Little worried.
And yes, it's the mom's job to worry. Dads too.
Calli - Apr 01, 2010 2:34:34 am PDT #20211 of 30001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
chocolate milk, white bread, dessert after dinner, soda. Everyday food or treat food when you were a kid?
We never had chocolate milk or white bread at home, except for rolls on holidays. Dessert, as in sweet baked goods, was another holiday or birthday thing. (We often had fruit for afters.) So, they were treats, basically. We could have one serving of diet soda a day.
My mom was on one diet or another for as long as I knew her, which meant that the rest of us were, to some extent, too. And yet Mom was overweight that entire time, I've been fat pretty much all my life, and my sister has been overweight since she had her kids. It's amazing how much we were willing to keep doing the allegedly right dietary thing, in spite of no evidence towards its efficacy.
Anyway, I still don't drink chocolate milk because I don't like drinking milk at all. I usually eat wheat bread because I like the taste and texture, generally have fruit for dessert because I like fruit, and drink 1-2 diet sodas a day. Childhood habits can have some staying power.
Hil R. - Apr 01, 2010 2:57:26 am PDT #20212 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Aww, poor kiddo. [link]
Cashmere - Apr 01, 2010 3:01:34 am PDT #20213 of 30001
Now tagless for your comfort.
We ate a lot of processed food when I was a kid. Sugared cereal was standard, white bread and soda was readily available. None of my sibs had weigh issues--in fact, they are all still slim. I didn't become overweight until after college.
brenda m - Apr 01, 2010 3:18:26 am PDT #20214 of 30001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Oh, this is awesome. If you live in Berkeley and have fruit trees, you can hire a monkey to climb up and pick it for you: [link]
Steph L. - Apr 01, 2010 3:42:17 am PDT #20215 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Damn it! I would pay dearly for a monkey to go in and do my job today.
Note: I do not pick fruit.