I got a nice Hanukkah email from Gov. Cuomo (not sure how he got my email or why he doesn't know that I moved), but it reminds me I forgot to put a holiday picture on the Good Stuff. I'll look for a two-light pic to put up tomorrow night -- that's right, right?
No studying? Damn! Next thing they'll tell me is I'll have to eat jelly doughnuts or sleep with a supermodel to get things done around here. I ask you, how much can one man give?
Xander ,'Conversations with Dead People'
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.
Jesse - Dec 07, 2012 2:05:03 pm PST #3538 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Hil R. - Dec 07, 2012 2:21:10 pm PST #3539 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
I got a nice Hanukkah email from Gov. Cuomo (not sure how he got my email or why he doesn't know that I moved), but it reminds me I forgot to put a holiday picture on the Good Stuff. I'll look for a two-light pic to put up tomorrow night -- that's right, right?
Yep. (I first thought, "No, it starts Sunday night," but then I checked, and found out that I apparently can't read a calendar.)
SuziQ - Dec 07, 2012 2:49:54 pm PST #3540 of 30001
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
I spent 4 hours in the infusion clinic this afternoon getting loaded up with iron. There was a couple there for her first chemo treatment. The husband seemed to still be in shock over her diagnosis. They were both in so much anguish over the whole thing and there I am in the corner with something so mild in comparison. I felt like a fraud. I wish there was something I could have done for them to ease the situation.
I am exhausted. I haven't been able to sleep all week, not sure the cause but I'm hoping that tonight I can zonk out and get some refreshing sleep.
Dana - Dec 07, 2012 3:18:35 pm PST #3541 of 30001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Note to self: Cheesecake Brownie ice cream is very soothing.
Jessica - Dec 07, 2012 3:22:53 pm PST #3542 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
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Burrell - Dec 07, 2012 3:27:26 pm PST #3543 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Scrappy, sending your mom lots of recovery and good outcome vibes. So glad you get to be with her soon.
Jesse - Dec 07, 2012 3:29:29 pm PST #3544 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Dag, I thought tonight was the first night. Will revise!
sarameg - Dec 07, 2012 3:32:17 pm PST #3545 of 30001
My brother is threatening us with disembowelment and mystery gifts unless we send him wish lists. Is it wrong that I'm kinda excited about the mystery gifts? My brother's humor is so weird, I'd expect tumor cell slides or used lab equipment or who knows what!
So far all I've come up with are impractical for having to bring home in luggage- ladder, rechargeable multi-speed drill/screwdriver (I have a drill, it's just not so good as a screwdriver.) Meh.
Jessica - Dec 07, 2012 3:35:16 pm PST #3546 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I think I've discovered the recipe for my department's white elephant / bakeoff - eggnog cake.
(ita, the recipe says the trick to a tender crumb here is whipping the eggnog into a foam before folding it in - might be the muffin fix you were looking for?)
§ ita § - Dec 07, 2012 3:41:44 pm PST #3547 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
might be the muffin fix you were looking for?
Not unless I use the cake method to make the muffins--I'm not creaming the shortening and aerating that way, I'm pouring wet onto dry and folding minimally. I don't know if the state of the wet affects the end result of the crumb.