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Natter 71: Someone is wrong on the Internet

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Juliebird - Jul 05, 2013 2:56:02 pm PDT #28298 of 30001

I am the fly who dreams of the spider

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.

Sheryl - Jul 05, 2013 3:11:16 pm PDT #28299 of 30001

Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"

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.

-t - Jul 05, 2013 3:17:17 pm PDT #28300 of 30001

I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

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.

beekaytee - Jul 05, 2013 3:20:26 pm PDT #28301 of 30001

Compassionately intolerant

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.

Kat - Jul 05, 2013 3:52:25 pm PDT #28302 of 30001

"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

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,

Kat - Jul 05, 2013 3:52:25 pm PDT #28303 of 30001

"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

bon bon - Jul 05, 2013 3:59:07 pm PDT #28304 of 30001

It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.

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.

§ ita § - Jul 05, 2013 4:06:15 pm PDT #28305 of 30001

Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

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.

DavidS - Jul 05, 2013 4:07:36 pm PDT #28306 of 30001

"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Alt.fan.pratchett was one of my first newsgroup obsessions.

Alt.music.Alternative was how I kickstarted my music writing career.

-t - Jul 05, 2013 4:21:28 pm PDT #28307 of 30001

I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

I used to publish fiction on rec.music.gdead, come to think of it. Good times. Didn't become a career, though.

Glycemic index of sweeteners chart [link] It is not clear to me at what point the numbers become acceptable, but, still, numbers.

Yacon is intriguing.

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