Mal ,'Heart Of Gold'
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.
For tomorrow night, Hotwire shows a bunch of places under $125, which I think means you should be able to get $90 on Priceline.
You could also try the Courtyard Marriott in Cambridge or the Holiday Inn in Somerville -- those are cheaper chains. Oh, there's also a crappy hotel in Harvard Sq -- the Harvard Square Hotel. If you end up there, let me know, because I live around the corner!
I was poking around, so crossposted. Sunday night should be even better, with holiday people leaving.
Thanks Jesse! I'll let you know what happens.
I figure if I'm going to drive 9 hours round trip, I might as well spend the night so I don't stress myself out, and can take in the city at night (unless you count Christmas at like 6pm at Faneuil Hall), which I've never done. And there might also be fact-finding missions involved for writing purposes. But also, I just miss the heck out of Boston, and have a craving for the Ye Olde Oyster House.
Timelies all!
We are at the North American Discworld Convention in Baltimore. Alas, Sir Terry is unable to join us, because of the book he is working on. Still, it should be fun.
Oh, cool! I've been wanting to go to one of those but haven't made it happen.
Alt.fan.pratchett was one of my first newsgroup obsessions. Good old usenet.
We are at the North American Discworld Convention in Baltimore. Alas, Sir Terry is unable to join us, because of the book he is working on. Still, it should be fun.
I am, this very minute, listening to The Fifth Elephant and feeling terribly envious, Sheryl.
Is honey lower glycemic index than sugar? What about maple syrup? Or blackstrap molasses (which admittedly has more TASTE attached)? I also like brown rice sugar syrup, because it doesn't have tastes beyond sweet the way honey, maple or molasses do,
Those Atkins sugar-alcohol mock snickers or Reese's do taste surprisingly like the real thing, but they still leave me weirdly unsatisfied-- maybe it's lack of some kind of serotonin or dopamine rush. But I really don't enjoy them because of that.
Bee honey is pretty high, as far as I've read so far, and maple syrup isn't an improvement--I've seen agave (but since it's fructose, it has other downsides), coconut palm, brown rice, and xylitol. I've been assuming the rest are medium to high.
Good lord--depressing documentary alert--Atlantic City Hookers: It Ain't E-Z Being A Ho. Sunshine has no hair, no teeth, little hope, and a hell of a blow job and drug problem. And she's not the most depressing.