I miss the chocolate-covered peanuts.
Inara: So. Would you like to lecture me on the wickedness of my ways? Book: I brought you some supper, but if you'd prefer a lecture, I've a few very catchy ones prepped. Sin and hellfire... one has lepers.
'Serenity'
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.
Polter-Cow - Feb 02, 2011 2:35:25 pm PST #20696 of 30001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
quester - Feb 02, 2011 2:38:51 pm PST #20697 of 30001
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
Sighted at the Eastern Iowa Airport: Very small girl walking around in shoes that make squeaky toy sounds - adorable!
Steph L. - Feb 02, 2011 2:39:20 pm PST #20698 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Until they get discontinued. Not that I'm still bitter about the veggie quesadillas or anything.
God, I miss their dolmas. Oh! And that awesome ceral that was basically chocolate-filled crunchy things. Like, chocolate fudge or frosting or something. Best. Cereal. EVER.
Polter-Cow - Feb 02, 2011 2:41:00 pm PST #20699 of 30001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Chocolate-Filled Crunchy Things would be a good name for a cereal.
Holli - Feb 02, 2011 2:49:49 pm PST #20700 of 30001
an overblown libretto and a sumptuous score/ could never contain the contradictions I adore
TJ's does excellent samosas and spanakopita. I cannot weigh in on much else, though.
That reminds me: I should totally go to TJ's tomorrow. I am shamefully low on food in the house.
Connie Neil - Feb 02, 2011 2:54:10 pm PST #20701 of 30001
brillig
Very small girl walking around in shoes that make squeaky toy sounds - adorable!
After an hour, I'm sure some of the adorable wears off.
Steph L. - Feb 02, 2011 2:56:35 pm PST #20702 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
TJ's does excellent samosas and spanakopita.
Their spanakopita is on regular rotation in our house. Hell, half of what we eat is Trader Joe's. One of my favorite quick TJs meals is to sear some scallops (which don't HAVE to be from TJs, but mine are) and serve them over TJs Thai Lime Rice, with some of the Bean So Green veggie mix on top. Good stuff.
(Tonight's non-TJ-based dinner is grilled cheese and tomato soup. Did you know it's COLD out there? That calls for grilled cheese and tomato soup, definitely. It's merely a bonus that that's the one meal I can get Tim to cook.)
Ginger - Feb 02, 2011 2:56:39 pm PST #20703 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
So, it's like you could have 10 houses in a row, but houses 1, 2 and 7 are on one fuse; house 3, 4 and 6 are another fuse, etc. And you can end up with patchy neighborhoods, where 10 out of 20 houses are served by the same substation, but the other 10 are served by another substation?
In an urban area, those houses probably get power from at least two substations, because there are interconnections for redundancy. If something takes out some of the interconnections, the power can reroute in ways that don't seem logical. It also could be that one set of houses is on one transformer and the other set is on another. What's hard to visualize is that electricity goes where it's sucked, while things like water go where they're pushed. If something is asking for power, the electricity will try to get there. (Yes, I'm blithely ignoring physics.)
flea - Feb 02, 2011 2:59:42 pm PST #20704 of 30001
information libertarian
Water can be sucked too, actually. The dynamics of pressure in the pipes are important. (The things you learn, living with a hydrologist for 15 years.)
Steph L. - Feb 02, 2011 3:01:30 pm PST #20705 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Seen on Facebook: floor-to-ceiling bookshelves. I may have swooned.