I like money better than people. People can so rarely be exchanged for goods and/or services!

Willow ,'Showtime'


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.


sarameg - Feb 24, 2011 2:43:41 pm PST #24781 of 30001

Left work early to get stuff done. Got stuff done. I'm going to have to figure out Tu/Th swims, cause we might be losing a lane for lessons. Might be a crapshoot.

Got my annual jury summons, which is for when I am in B'ham with the boys. Can't really change that. Gonna have a fun time calling up the courts to figure out how to get it deferred. I have no idea how this'll go.


JZ - Feb 24, 2011 2:46:39 pm PST #24782 of 30001
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.

Man, P-C, can I bribe you with foodstuffs to negotiate with a Comcast robot on our behalf? We just keep getting hosed, and every time I try to get the bill down a little I'm told there's nothing they can do, that we won't be eligible for a lower bill until we've established a 12-month solid record of paying the higher bill without a single late payment. I asked the person, "So you'll bill me at a lower rate as soon as I can prove it's no hardship for me to pay the higher rate, but as long as it's a struggle it will continue to stay high?" and he said, "Yup."

Possibly my mistake was in dealing with a human instead of a robot.


Holli - Feb 24, 2011 2:47:29 pm PST #24783 of 30001
an overblown libretto and a sumptuous score/ could never contain the contradictions I adore

Suzi, I take Abilify. What would you be taking it for, if you don't mind me asking?

(I get samples from my doctor, thus circumventing the paying-for-it issue for now.)


§ ita § - Feb 24, 2011 2:51:59 pm PST #24784 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

These?

Those. But fresh.

My boss started to ding me for something, telling me I need to get on his every email about this project right away, why hadn't I, and I checked my email and he'd never sent me anything. Turns out he was thinking of a different employee on a different project. Yet, he'd been thinking I messed up all day. I want a refund on the residual bad thoughts.


Polter-Cow - Feb 24, 2011 2:55:50 pm PST #24785 of 30001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

Possibly my mistake was in dealing with a human instead of a robot.

The robots always have better deals. Comcast told me to call them proactively about getting a new promotion after my current one ends, and the first thing the guy did was try to upsell me on a phone line and a bigger cable package. And when I said I didn't want to add anything, he offered to lower my cable by $20 and my Internet by $10 for a year. The robot gave me $25 off cable and $15 off cable for six months, which actually isn't that much more fantastic, but there may be better offers available in six months that make it worth it.


Hil R. - Feb 24, 2011 2:58:24 pm PST #24786 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

Those. But fresh.

Indian grocery store?


§ ita § - Feb 24, 2011 3:01:08 pm PST #24787 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Indian grocery store?

I might give that a try, thanks.


billytea - Feb 24, 2011 3:08:01 pm PST #24788 of 30001
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.

Buying an el cheapo rice cooker has saved me from many pots of burned rice.

Wallybee's parents stayed with us for a month before Ryan was born, during which time they got to know our rice cooker. When they came back for Ryan's first year, they brought back a Chinese "THIS R SRS BIZNESS" rice cooker for us. I regard myself as well-served in the rice department.


Kat - Feb 24, 2011 3:09:26 pm PST #24789 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

I boil pasta the way I make rice (put the pasta in with whatever water and then boil it down until the pasta is done). With brown rice, I just use an excess of water and I boil it for ~20ish minutes then I drain the rice. Perfect.

However, I also use a rice cooker. In fact, I just got a new one. I wanted a zojirushi but got a similar model from Oster for a fraction of the price.


brenda m - Feb 24, 2011 3:14:25 pm PST #24790 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

I use a steamer like this [link] for rice. It always comes out well and it doesn't matter if I forget about it. Plus it can be used for lots of other things, and I don't have the space or inclination for single use appliances.