We all wandered in at separate times and as each one of us sat down with the other Buffistas who were there, we'd bite into our sad little midwestern faux-bagel, and every single one of us said "Hey, that's not a bagel!" Every. Single. Time. Which was hilarious to the non-NYCistas there, and terribly sad for us New Yorkers who hadn't even had our damn coffee yet.

I have brought bagels to nearly every F2F since.

Of course, as a good New Yorker I tend to travel with bread products. Showing up with bagels and babkas is the way of my people.

ita, I don't know if you are going to see your sister for Christmas, but if you do, I found the perfect gift Travel Spice Kit

Take your favorite flavors on the road with our Travel Spice kit filled with 20 savory herb and spice blends from around the world. An absolute must-have for the chef or foodie on the go, our kit also makes a great take-along for the traveler who wants to have the comfort of familiar flavors when at their home away from home.

At first glance I read "Travel Spice Kit" as "Space Travel Kit" and I wondered for a moment where exactly ita's sister lives.

Lunch break is delightful. My classroom is so beautifully quiet.

Sue, that's newfangled stuff, and I'm ignoring it. Apart from the credit card parking meter stuff, there have been no useful advances since the 80s.

Vortex, I wonder if she'd even get it.

Zuisa, this is funny to me (and possibly to ita) because she and her sister came to visit DC, and when we went out to brunch, ita's sister sent the server back to the kitchen 2 or 3 times for spices so she could adjust her food.

I don't even think I could name enough spices to know what to request for food. This is why I don't cook much.

And I'm sorry if I am excessively chatty! I just literally have nothing to do other than maintain some semblance of order in this classroom. Hence lots and lots of internet.

Zuisa, have you met us? Excessively chatty is what we do

No concrete Halloween plans yet, though I've put out a feeler to Inappropriately Young Guy about what he's doing. I might go see a Rocky Horror screening in a neighboring town if he's free or if I find friends who are game.

It occurs to me that since I have access to a couple of discarded wheelchairs, I'm really just some fishnets and a pair of stiletto heels away from having a workable Dr. Scott costume.

The RHPS Glee ep made me realize it's been years since I saw a RHPS live show. I'd love to do that. There used to be one at our local theater here but it's been closed for seismic issues for a while now, sadly.

Morning, all. I am am awake, and I feel better than I have in two days! I guess that''s why people always drink toddies for colds in old-fashioned books!

I was using the bit of rum left in a bottles someone had brought to a party; I may need to invest in some rum. Purely for medicinal purposes.

Although I apologize for inflicting the garble on y'all. Those little keys are SLIPPERY, I tell you!

I'm going to send out some resumes, do some cleaning, go to the library, and then tomorrow I'm going to try to put together my Zombie Apocalypse outfit for the party tomorrow night.