Pie crust is simple, but mine is often inconsistant. I don't always pay attention. I need to rember 1) cold and 2) rest and let it hydrate.
Pie is good to think about when you aren't sleeping
I like the way the walls go out. Gives you an open feeling. Firefly is a good design. People don't appreciate the substance of things. Objects in space. People miss out on what's solid.
Early ,'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.
beth b - Nov 05, 2012 10:57:49 pm PST #28867 of 30001
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
Strix - Nov 06, 2012 12:18:29 am PST #28868 of 30001
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
GRONK. AWAKE AT 4 AM. WHYYYY? (KHHHHHAAANNNN!)
Need all the coffee. But can vote at 6! Upside?
Sparky1 - Nov 06, 2012 12:25:40 am PST #28869 of 30001
Librarian Warlord
On voting for the good of the country: A very conservative professor at my uni told me the other day that his/her vote would be for Obama because his positions on social justice issues . Clearly s/he has issues with abortion and same sex marriage, but s/he couldn't throw the poor under the bus to get there. It was a jaw dropping admission.
billytea - Nov 06, 2012 12:25:40 am PST #28870 of 30001
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
GRONK. AWAKE AT 4 AM. WHYYYY? (KHHHHHAAANNNN!)
Because Ohio is under the control of the Weeping Angels! Every time you blink they disenfranchise a gay female unionised auto worker! (The same worker. She's really getting sick of it.) STAAAAY AWAAAAAKE!!
Stephanie - Nov 06, 2012 12:29:05 am PST #28871 of 30001
Trust my rage
I'm up at 3am. Sammy is congested and can't sleep and I'm nervous about tomorrow. Why dad asked me tonight why any woman would vote for Romney. Good point, I said!
Anyway, back to getting Sammy to sleep....one day more! (I hope!!)
eta; Sparky, that's impressive. My church has several people motivated by justice issues although I think they are mostly just liberal.
Strix - Nov 06, 2012 1:38:41 am PST #28872 of 30001
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
I AM awake! I even have worked for an hour already.
And I am registered as an independent, and am actually voting for one Republican! Because I agree with 75% of her voting record on many issues and the other candidate is...um...challenged and seems woefully inept, although a Dem?
All right, prepping to schlep self to polls! Wish me quick lines!
dcp - Nov 06, 2012 2:17:43 am PST #28873 of 30001
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
In line to vote. About twenty people ahead of me. Definitely a shorter line than 2008.
brenda m - Nov 06, 2012 2:41:10 am PST #28874 of 30001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
I should go outside and see if there's a line yet.
Jesse - Nov 06, 2012 2:57:12 am PST #28875 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Can you leave a space on a ballot unmarked?
Yes, FTR.
On the not telling kids they are wrong thing, I heard something interesting at work about how, in sports, kids learn to work through failure and get better, but a lot of them don't learn that in school. This was in the context of poor kids who fail once and figure it's all over, but I think also applies to smart kids who get told they are great constantly. It doesn't help anyone actually learn if they never hear "that's wrong, but you can work to get it right." I'm still grateful I took the hard Physics class in high school and learned that lesson then.
billytea - Nov 06, 2012 3:00:05 am PST #28876 of 30001
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
Question for the (other) political tragics: which websites will you be obsessively refreshing today/tonight? My websites skew to the wonkish:
Sam Wang: [link]
Nate Silver: [link]
Electoral Vote: [link]
That last website is promising to update its maps (Presidential and Senate) as results come in. Could look pretty skewy when you're at, say, 3% of the vote counted; but should be interesting to see the picture unfold.