Mal: You know, you ain't quite right. River: It's the popular theory.

'Objects In Space'


Natter 70: Hookers and Blow  

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.


Trudy Booth - Oct 05, 2012 9:22:22 pm PDT #24691 of 30001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart

It's quite possible you haven't tasted my egg nog, and I haven't tasted your creme brulee.

Y'all don't need me to tell you that sounds like a pick-up line on Chopped. I should try that on Zakarian at Comicon.


meara - Oct 05, 2012 9:59:00 pm PDT #24692 of 30001

I am pretty sure I love all puddings. I made Thai black sticky rice coconut pudding last week. Man! Tasty stuff.

Ok that sounds delicious. There's a restaurant near here that used to give something like that (sticky rice and coconut and salt and...sometimes corn and beans?) for dessert free with meals. And then spthey switched to slices of orange and that's not the same at all and I was sad.


Jesse - Oct 06, 2012 4:41:51 am PDT #24693 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Note to self: "business casual" for a function where senators and admirals are in attendance does not, in fact, include trouser jeans.

You should have told people it was an homage to Rand Paul on the Daily Show!

I've never heard jibes about teachers being typically stupid. New one to me.

Oh, that's classic bullshit -- "those who can't do, teach" and whatnot.

Also, I was going to say something about homework being marked check/check-plus/check-minus in my experience, but it's possible I can only remember grad school at this point, and it's likely that grad school is different from high school!


sarameg - Oct 06, 2012 4:59:41 am PDT #24694 of 30001

THERE WERE NO GRITS AT THE MARKET. I am bereft. Just spinach and empanadas today, I still have apples from last week.

Now I need to clean. I don't wanna.


Sheryl - Oct 06, 2012 5:04:56 am PDT #24695 of 30001
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"

Timelies all!

Mmm, creme brulee. Also, now I want rice pudding.


Steph L. - Oct 06, 2012 5:14:33 am PDT #24696 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

THERE WERE NO GRITS AT THE MARKET.

Oooh. I think I'll have grits for breakfast. Yum!


§ ita § - Oct 06, 2012 5:18:46 am PDT #24697 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Oh, that's classic bullshit -- "those who can't do, teach" and whatnot.

That, of course, I'm familiar with--but I've never heard it at a grade school level. That's a university and up thing, where the teacher is presumably hiding from being tested on their ability to write novels/code/psychoanalyse and instead tormenting the talented folk that are going on to actually do something useful with their lives.


Anne W. - Oct 06, 2012 5:43:13 am PDT #24698 of 30001
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.

It's cold here today, so I think this will be a good day to make a big pot of split pea soup.

Also, now I want grits.


Jesse - Oct 06, 2012 5:54:07 am PDT #24699 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

That, of course, I'm familiar with--but I've never heard it at a grade school level. That's a university and up thing, where the teacher is presumably hiding from being tested on their ability to write novels/code/psychoanalyse and instead tormenting the talented folk that are going on to actually do something useful with their lives.

Fair enough. I have heard the "teachers only need to be a grade level above their students" thing before. Also obvious bullshit, of course.


Consuela - Oct 06, 2012 5:58:59 am PDT #24700 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

Trouser jeans notwithstanding, it was a pretty cool thing, with all sorts of folks in uniform, and former Secretary of State Schultz and Senator Feinstein used swords to cut a huge cake. Turns out it was the formal welcome of the city of SF to the Navy for Fleet Week. But my sister hadn't realized that, and the invitation really did say "business casual".

So I got to meet the sheriff of SF and a couple of city department heads, and the Navy Drill Team. These guys: [link]