Funny thing about black and white. You mix it together and you get gray. And it doesn't matter how much white you try and put back in, you're never gonna get anything but gray.

Lilah ,'Destiny'


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.


brenda m - Apr 24, 2010 11:04:32 am PDT #24809 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

That sounds yum. Some acid would probably be a nice note.

I also have a lot of greens to do something with but I made soup a couple of weeks ago and I'm really not such a huge soup person right now.


Steph L. - Apr 24, 2010 11:07:51 am PDT #24810 of 30001
It's actually been a really hard year, when you stop and do the math. Eliot would cry, too, if it didn't take him seventy minutes of therapy, two cocktails, and a Sondheim medley before he can experience a human emotion through the haze of his PTSD.

brenda, I would still love your Revised Theory Of Eating, when/if you ever write it down. Or put pixels on screen. You know.

But if you don't, that's cool too; no pressure implied.


brenda m - Apr 24, 2010 11:10:00 am PDT #24811 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

That actually sounds like a project I could tackle today. I was grappling with some med side effects (that actually I might want to pick your brain about in return) that was making me struggle a bit so I didn't really get what I wanted out.


Hil R. - Apr 24, 2010 11:12:10 am PDT #24812 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

I just started some cashews soaking to make a lemon cashew cream to drizzle on top of the soup, which I think now means that I'll have to puree it, because I can't really see drizzling something on top of a non-pureed soup. Hmm. I've got some thyme -- that'll probably be good in this soup.


Steph L. - Apr 24, 2010 11:41:34 am PDT #24813 of 30001
It's actually been a really hard year, when you stop and do the math. Eliot would cry, too, if it didn't take him seventy minutes of therapy, two cocktails, and a Sondheim medley before he can experience a human emotion through the haze of his PTSD.

I was grappling with some med side effects (that actually I might want to pick your brain about in return)

I love side effects!

...not really. But some are weirder than hell.

Relatedly, I'm editing an article about how a drug that's used primarily for nausea (it started as a drug for chemotherapy-related nausea) has been found to be beneficial in schizophrenia. I mean, what a huge difference in medical conditions, right? And one drug works for both! (Well, theoretically, in the schizophrenia; it's only recently been reported, so it's not an FDA-approved treatment or anything.) But still: drugs are neat.


beth b - Apr 24, 2010 11:52:15 am PDT #24814 of 30001
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!

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That is the size of the weeds in my yard.

and I have just put up a very undignified picture of new cat Nathaniel on face book.


Amy - Apr 24, 2010 12:04:37 pm PDT #24815 of 30001
Because books.

Relatedly, I'm editing an article about how a drug that's used primarily for nausea (it started as a drug for chemotherapy-related nausea) has been found to be beneficial in schizophrenia.

Those discoveries fascinate me. I always figure that must be how they come up with drugs like Latisse, the one advertised for eyelash growth.


flea - Apr 24, 2010 12:06:21 pm PDT #24816 of 30001
information libertarian

In the vegetable vein, what's a good thing to do with kale? This should be pretty mild (mostly from my garden and picked small) - I'm thinking saute with garlic and olive oil? But I am open to suggestions.


Hil R. - Apr 24, 2010 12:07:16 pm PDT #24817 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

I usually cook kale with some garlic and olive oil and a bit of vegetable broth to cook it down. Sometimes beans, too.


-t - Apr 24, 2010 12:07:50 pm PDT #24818 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

See, when my weeds get to be that size I pretend I meant to have them there. If I can look them up and call them by name, they're volunteers, not weeds.