"KWIN-OA"
I can't even remember how I thought it was pronounced but it certainly wasn't keen-WAH. Who knew?
Angel: Is that what you think you are--a hero? Spike: Saved the world didn't I? Angel: Once. Talk to me after you've done it a couple more times.
'Destiny'
Natter 67: Overriding Vetoes
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, nail polish, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
beekaytee - Jan 17, 2011 3:24:50 pm PST #17356 of 30001
Compassionately intolerant
Aims - Jan 17, 2011 3:25:40 pm PST #17357 of 30001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Note to self: It's keen-WAH.
Sophia Brooks - Jan 17, 2011 3:31:03 pm PST #17358 of 30001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
I thought it was "quin-OH-nah".
amych - Jan 17, 2011 3:35:32 pm PST #17359 of 30001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
I don't remember what I originally thought it was, but I definitely remember it being one of those words that I read, and that I heard pronounced, and I had NO IDEA they were actually the same word.
beekaytee - Jan 17, 2011 3:35:36 pm PST #17360 of 30001
Compassionately intolerant
For the longest time, I thought the plant Kalanchoe was pronounce Ka-lan-show. Nope.
sarameg - Jan 17, 2011 3:41:15 pm PST #17361 of 30001
When I was little, I had a friend named Xochitl. She must've had a hell of a time in school. Hippies.
msbelle - Jan 17, 2011 4:07:04 pm PST #17362 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
Christmas tree lights all rolled onto their holders. That will fill another box. Then I need to decide how and where to store all the new outside decorations.
sarameg - Jan 17, 2011 4:18:06 pm PST #17363 of 30001
Home Depot was having a sale on tubs this weekend, for under $5, 20 gallon.
I like to think I keep my computer pretty clean. Blow out the keyboard with compressed air probably once a month, wipe it down with computer wipes. But I just vacuumed the keyboard. OMG damned cats. The fur just kept coming and coming. Ridiculous.
beekaytee - Jan 17, 2011 4:31:37 pm PST #17364 of 30001
Compassionately intolerant
I have to take my keyboard a couple of times a year to clean all the keys. It gets so gross, what with the hair (mine & the little guy's), sticky fingers, dust and schmutz.
It gets to a point where I don't even want to use it. Plus, the cleaning process satisfies my ocd tendencies.
Beverly - Jan 17, 2011 4:36:02 pm PST #17365 of 30001
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Happy Belated, msbelle!
Kathy, it's so wonderful to read about your progress--and even moreso about your joy in each new milestone. Thank you for including us on your journey. You're inspiring in more ways than one.
Oh, well, some things I have to forget about.
take away my pasta and I cry. See also: bread.
Yeah, giving up the wheat was hard. Couple that with giving up potatoes...well, rice gets boring, after a while. I'm surprised, actually, how little I've come to miss garlic mashed, fries, and salad and baked. Marinara and tomato-based sauces now smell toxic to me and it makes me a little sad. Plei made rice flour pancakes for me and found me rice-based treats that helped with the transition, and we've found rice flour pasta that, if cooked sufficiently, is a reasonable substitute in mac&cheese. Because life really is a lot more worth living with occasional mac&cheese. Even if it's made with rice flour penne, goat cheese, cottage cheese, and asiago.
It comes down, though, to feeling like crap all the next day after I have a half-cup of mashed potatoes or a handful of fries, and knowing I did it to myself. I make that decision occasionally, but it's deliberate, with full knowledge of what I'm giving up for the treat.