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.
This isn't a come-on. I'm in a very serious relationship with a landscape architect.
Oliver ,'Conviction (1)'
Natter 71: Someone is wrong on the Internet
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.
Sheryl - Jul 05, 2013 3:11:16 pm PDT #28299 of 30001
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
-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.
§ ita § - Jul 05, 2013 4:23:33 pm PDT #28308 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
The average of most of the guides I read was effectively "over 50 is high, under 40 is low" so that's my general dividing criteria. However "glycemic load" and just a plain lack of agreement about who tests the index and how means I feel I'm just avoiding the worst stuff.