Yes, it's terribly simple. The good guys are always stalwart and true, the bad guys are easily distinguished by their pointy horns or black hats, and, uh, we always defeat them and save the day. No one ever dies, and everybody lives happily ever after.

Giles ,'Conversations with Dead People'


Natter 69: Practically names itself.  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


JZ - Mar 26, 2012 1:06:33 pm PDT #28170 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.

Happy birthday, Allyson! To commemorate, I've been smiting Trayvon Martin related assholery elsewhere. If I could actually smite them, and thus present you with a marginally better world (or at least one in which assholes felt it prudent to keep their pieholes shut), I would.


erikaj - Mar 26, 2012 1:12:36 pm PDT #28171 of 30001
"Somewhere in this building is our talent." Toby Ziegler, my spirit animal

you need the lexus of nail guns...no recoil.


flea - Mar 26, 2012 1:22:04 pm PDT #28172 of 30001
information libertarian

That shit is tight.


Jesse - Mar 26, 2012 1:49:11 pm PDT #28173 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

So it turns out I don't know how to poach eggs, but I'll get there. Otherwise, the kale/choriso thing was delicious, although I used three pans, which is a little much for a quick dinner...


Consuela - Mar 26, 2012 1:52:29 pm PDT #28174 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

Otherwise, the kale/choriso thing was delicious

Oooh, sounds good. I'm still mourning my lost chorizo, but I have some "braising mix" from the produce store (looks like mostly chard and kale), and some spicy TJs sausage from the freezer.

That is, if I don't end up driving down to Fremont to see a friend who is apparently in the Bay Area on travel this week...


DavidS - Mar 26, 2012 2:08:04 pm PDT #28175 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

So it turns out I don't know how to poach eggs, but I'll get there.

I use a small pan, add a teaspoon of white vinegar to the water, swirl the water and drop the egg in. You have to drop the egg from a little shallow dish of some kind - you can't crack it directly into the little whirlpool of water.


Jesse - Mar 26, 2012 2:13:34 pm PDT #28176 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

I did that, but I didn't cook it long enough, so I threw the whole thing in the microwave for a little bit to finish cooking the white.


DavidS - Mar 26, 2012 2:30:23 pm PDT #28177 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

but I didn't cook it long enough

Timing is key! I always play a song on iTunes that's in the range of 2:44. I remove the egg when the song is over.


Allyson - Mar 26, 2012 2:31:38 pm PDT #28178 of 30001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica

I'm fucking miserable. Trying to decide between a flight home or crashing at a friend's place. Please remind me of this the next time I talk about going home.


Burrell - Mar 26, 2012 2:31:55 pm PDT #28179 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!

That kale, chorizo, and poached egg dish looks delicious. I have an egg poacher that cooks them in the microwave, so I am a total cheater.