Angel: How're you feeling? Faith: Like I did mushrooms and got eaten by a bear.

'A Hole in the World'


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.


Typo Boy - Nov 11, 2011 1:53:02 pm PST #6100 of 30001
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.

Coughing is definitely ill. Do you want pneumonia? If the answer is no, don't go.


le nubian - Nov 11, 2011 1:59:32 pm PST #6101 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

If this were B'racy, we would have opened a discussion thread on this by now.


Hil R. - Nov 11, 2011 2:01:26 pm PST #6102 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

OK, OK, I won't go.


Strix - Nov 11, 2011 2:20:23 pm PST #6103 of 30001
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger

If this were B'racy, we would have opened a discussion thread on this by now.

Snerk! Never change, my friends, never change...

My mom and sisters get my magazine subscriptions as part of bday/Xmas presents. Mom got me a two-fer deal a year ago, and added a script for Better Homes & Gardens, and I thought :Old lady mag, what a waste of paper, UGH."

Well. I am an old lady, apparently, because I LOVE BH&G now. I really, really like it; the format is so much more modern than what I remember, and they have a great website.

She got a two-fer for Woman's Day, too, for me, and that IS kind of a waste of paper. It isn't my cup of tea.


bon bon - Nov 11, 2011 2:57:17 pm PST #6104 of 30001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.

I think that sounds like a great gift. Cooking mags are the useful kind of thing that I wouldn't buy for myself. My parents did the same for me with a sub to Consumer Reports.


sarameg - Nov 11, 2011 3:14:44 pm PST #6105 of 30001

Sox, hope my dad's answer helped some. Feel free to ask him more, he likes these sort of thought exercises. And since he's retired....

I have a BH&G cookbook. Mainly use it as a reference for baking. I'm pretty incapable of not tweaking a recipe, and pretty much only use it as a jumping off point for temps, times and proportions. But then, I don't really bake or cook much.


Jesse - Nov 11, 2011 3:18:05 pm PST #6106 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

I always covet my mom's Everyday Food -- it's got great ideas for fast/easy stuff.


SailAweigh - Nov 11, 2011 3:24:25 pm PST #6107 of 30001
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb

I've got a more recent (by recent I mean late '70s) Fannie Farmer that I got when I was married. My mom gave my ex the Joy of Cooking and I actually like that one better, but since it was a present to him I didn't take it when I left. I should pick one up, because I've always felt it did a better job at explaining the mechanics of how to do certain techniques and for beginning cooks or when it's a new skill it comes in very handy. One of the reasons I like CI, too, but all I've got from them are a couple of paperbacks for crockpots and comfort food.


sarameg - Nov 11, 2011 3:26:19 pm PST #6108 of 30001

fast/easy stuff

Which is why I eat salad 90% of the time. Mmm, fresh spinach. But then, no one could accuse me of requiring a lot of variety in my diet.

Another good swim tonight.


Burrell - Nov 11, 2011 3:26:54 pm PST #6109 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!

I love Mark Bittman's book as well. It's my usual consult, although the man does not understand cookies. For cookies I look elsewhere.

We are exhausted and prone to buying Harry Potter movies to make it better.

You should! DH just found a bunch of deals on individual HP DVDs, like 5 or 6 bucks each. Soon we'll own up to HP7.1