This isn't a come-on. I'm in a very serious relationship with a landscape architect.

Oliver ,'Conviction (1)'


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.


Amy - Jan 30, 2010 10:23:18 am PST #5073 of 30001
Because books.

Marmite is yeast extract?! I had no idea.


Hil R. - Jan 30, 2010 10:24:11 am PST #5074 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

Marmite is an umami flavor: [link] In small amounts, it'll make pretty much any savory food taste better.


Jessica - Jan 30, 2010 10:25:43 am PST #5075 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

Yeast extract in vegetarian recipes is mainly used to create umami, since it contains glutamates. A splash of soy sauce is good in a pinch.


Lee - Jan 30, 2010 10:29:08 am PST #5076 of 30001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.

I thought about it, after the other thing fell through, but I'm pretty sure that the 2 hour drive it would have been because of the rain would have turned my tired into rage.

You could've done what megan did, and spent the night there.

Errr. You're kind of missing the point--it's not the being there or the going home that was the issue, it was the getting there. It took me over 45 minutes to get home last night, and that was on the good freeway, and about a third of the distance. I would not have been up to game night after the drive.

It's good you all left the city though!


DavidS - Jan 30, 2010 10:51:11 am PST #5077 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Marmite is an umami flavor

Oh! I was just looking at the most recent issue of Cook's Illustrated and their recipe for beef stew had a long digression on glutamates and they ultimately decided that the best way to plump up the flavor of the stew was with a bit of smushed up sardines.


DavidS - Jan 30, 2010 10:52:11 am PST #5078 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

it was the getting there

Well next time you can take the pneumatic tube.

Actually, megan took BART and then a cab to java's house.


Lee - Jan 30, 2010 10:59:30 am PST #5079 of 30001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.

Actually, megan took BART and then a cab to java's house.

Yeah, not really near BART.


DavidS - Jan 30, 2010 11:00:59 am PST #5080 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Yeah, not really near BART.

Good lord, woman, you defend your inertia like it was a national treasure.


Sue - Jan 30, 2010 11:02:47 am PST #5081 of 30001
hip deep in pie

Good lord, woman, you defend your inertia like it was a national treasure.

Hec, she has inside pants and she's not afraid to use them.


DavidS - Jan 30, 2010 11:05:27 am PST #5082 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Hec, she has inside pants and she's not afraid to use them.

You realize this is roughly equivalent to: "She bravely put on her inside pants and resolutely did not go out."