I've never even heard of them.
Sox, I'm sorry about your DH's grandmother. I'm glad it was peaceful, though.
You're a bloody puppet! You're a wee little puppet man!
Spike ,'Smile Time'
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.
Amy - Oct 27, 2011 7:18:02 am PDT #3419 of 30001
Because books.
Consuela - Oct 27, 2011 7:22:10 am PDT #3420 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
After a quick google, Perkins, it looks like you can cook spigarello like any other kind of greens. I'd never heard of it before.
Lee - Oct 27, 2011 7:31:55 am PDT #3421 of 30001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Yep--that's what my Google found too--I was just wondering if anyone had a recipe they had tried before and would recommend. This is part of my attempt to be more adventurous with the CSA picks.
Hil R. - Oct 27, 2011 7:40:13 am PDT #3422 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Apparently, here there are different Trick or Treating nights scheduled for different neighborhoods. One assumes to maximize candy collection. I call foul.
Around here, each county has a different trick-or-treat night, with official times. My county at least has it scheduled on actual Halloween. I don't understand the point of rescheduling it to a different day, especially when most of them are just moving it from one weekday to a different weekday.
§ ita § - Oct 27, 2011 7:48:38 am PDT #3423 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
This is an incredibly frustrating lottery ticket.
We just had the benefits 2012 con call. Basically the same as 2011, except more expensive. I expect that last part is mainly my fault. Oops. But I better pay careful attention to the short and long term disability options this time round, just in case. If I let my employer's contributions to my LTD (100%) be taxable, then my actual LTD will be untaxable--that sounds like a decent gamble, right?
Man, there's so much to consider, and it's all gambling.
Allyson - Oct 27, 2011 7:56:30 am PDT #3424 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
Lucky me!
Seriously, when I was melting down over the car thing, your DH was so patient and cool about it all, I felt calmer for hours after talking to him about it. Just like it was going to be completely ok, and not in a platitude sort of way.
sarameg - Oct 27, 2011 7:56:57 am PDT #3425 of 30001
Have to remember to come home early on Monday. I have a big bucket of candy now.
So, I've got a passed out kitten on one side of me, and a curled up Devi on the other. They are not aware of each other. Loki's trying to get into the top cabinets and MK just climbed on my lap. Um. I'm trying to work here.
meara - Oct 27, 2011 8:00:15 am PDT #3426 of 30001
If I let my employer's contributions to my LTD (100%) be taxable, then my actual LTD will be untaxable--that sounds like a decent gamble, right?
Yes. And I generally do the buy-up on LTD and not on STD--I figure if I have short term disability, the difference is not huge and I can probably cover it. But on the off chance I ever need LTD, I figure I'll be in deep shit and hurting for every penny I can get.
sarameg - Oct 27, 2011 8:01:32 am PDT #3427 of 30001
And now MK's butt is in front of Pumpkin. She's growling, he's ignoring her. I'm not sure he knows she's even there.
hippocampus - Oct 27, 2011 8:02:44 am PDT #3428 of 30001
not your mom's socks.
Thanks, Amy & everyone.
I'm glad it was peaceful, too. And it's what she wanted. Well, minus the hospital part.
I'm going to hang out quietly in here and watch y'all be wise. I soaked up the Atlantic conversation and its tangents like it was sunlight, let me tell you what.