No studying? Damn! Next thing they'll tell me is I'll have to eat jelly doughnuts or sleep with a supermodel to get things done around here. I ask you, how much can one man give?

Xander ,'Conversations with Dead People'


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.


Connie Neil - Jan 18, 2011 7:54:19 am PST #17426 of 30001
brillig

The people I need to yell at today are in Salt Lake City

It's a nice day today, here, maybe I could take a road trip for you?


lisah - Jan 18, 2011 7:57:21 am PST #17427 of 30001
Punishingly Intricate

I don't think I need to yell at anyone today! So far. And I just had my coworker who did make it in forward my phone here.


Kathy A - Jan 18, 2011 8:10:45 am PST #17428 of 30001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil

For tommyrot.


DavidS - Jan 18, 2011 8:11:20 am PST #17429 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Hec, dear, this made me think of you: [link] what with the bubblegum and all.

Thanks for the notice. Without Don Kirshner, not only would there have been no televised Rock Concert, but also no Monkees and no Archies.

I recently rediscovered my tape of The 1980 Floor Show, when Kirshner let Bowie program an entire hour long episode. It included Bowie dueting with Marianne Faithful on "I Got You Babe" while she was wearing a backless nun's habit that left her ass bare. No, she did not turn to the camera.

What's up at work, amych?


erin_obscure - Jan 18, 2011 8:28:23 am PST #17430 of 30001
Occasionally I’m callous and strange

SuziQ- who in Portland needs to be yelled at? my voice is coming back nicely.


Burrell - Jan 18, 2011 8:35:22 am PST #17431 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!

The quinoa conversation is amusing me. Last night's dinner was a quinoa salad I love to make with lentils, feta, and arugula in it. Yums. Strangely enough, though quinoa and arugula can both be bitter, somehow combining them with lentil, lemon, and olive oil neutralizes all that.

Hair is now dyed and greys are properly banished for a couple more weeks. I need to move on to grading.


Vortex - Jan 18, 2011 8:45:38 am PST #17432 of 30001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman

It's probably the lemon that reduces the bitterness.


Jesse - Jan 18, 2011 8:49:37 am PST #17433 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

The pretty pretty snow finally switched over to rain here, which is kind of too bad. But possibly better for the commuting, if it stays well above freezing...


beekaytee - Jan 18, 2011 8:53:45 am PST #17434 of 30001
Compassionately intolerant

The bitterness of quinoa is a survival adaptation, according to Trader Joe's and Wikipedia.

Quinoa in its natural state has a coating of bitter-tasting saponins, making it unpalatable. Most quinoa sold commercially in North America has been processed to remove this coating. This bitterness has beneficial effects during cultivation, as the plant is unpopular with birds and thus requires minimal protection.

I like my grains with pluck.

And protein.


Tom Scola - Jan 18, 2011 9:21:09 am PST #17435 of 30001
hwæt

A new H&½ was just posted: Wolf pack.