Ooh, maybe after I'm done with my current Tolkien run I'll go on a L'Engle binge.
I have no brandy in the house. Do we think rum or bourbon for the eggnog loaf cake glaze?
Buffy: Synchronized slaying. Faith: New Olympic category?
'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.
Jessica - Dec 10, 2012 6:03:05 pm PST #3883 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Matt the Bruins fan - Dec 10, 2012 6:03:32 pm PST #3884 of 30001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Was Many Waters the one with Sandy and Dennis going back to Biblical times?
DavidS - Dec 10, 2012 6:04:44 pm PST #3885 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Do we think rum or bourbon for the eggnog loaf cake glaze?
Either would be tasty. Rum probably moreso.
smonster - Dec 10, 2012 6:05:34 pm PST #3886 of 30001
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
Was Many Waters the one with Sandy and Dennis going back to Biblical times?
Yes.
Dana - Dec 10, 2012 6:05:53 pm PST #3887 of 30001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Was Many Waters the one with Sandy and Dennis going back to Biblical times?
Yes. Which I recall as being kind of weird, but I haven't read it in ages. Or I haven't read it in ages, because it's weird.
sarameg - Dec 10, 2012 6:07:51 pm PST #3888 of 30001
Rum.
I woke up the baby cat (aka Pumpkin aka Little Girl) by accident and she woke with the most indelicate snort. She's a hoot.
Sophia Brooks - Dec 10, 2012 6:09:26 pm PST #3889 of 30001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
I think the classical pianist was called "fingers".
Nora Deirdre - Dec 10, 2012 6:21:35 pm PST #3890 of 30001
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
Rum!
Consuela - Dec 10, 2012 6:33:40 pm PST #3891 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Yeah, Many Waters was pretty weird, although I liked that she gave Sandy & Denis (the otherwise "normal" Murray kids) an adventure too. I wouldn't really recommend it: I tend to believe the Wrinkle in Time series ends with A Swiftly Tilting Planet.
I really loved Ring of Endless Light and The Young Unicorns, and her journals like Summer of the Great Grandmother. L'Engle almost made me wish I were Episcopalian, you know?
Thanks for all the good wishes, folks. I really appreciate all the support from y'all--it's truly honestly made a difference this year.
I got two special birthday gifts today: my sister took my mother to her psych appointment, and spent all afternoon with my folks, and my siblings all teamed up to buy me a new bicycle.
I had given away my old road bike to my cousin's daughter last year, when she tried to ride down the Pacific coast on something with only ten gears. But my youngest brother is a bike guru, and he is building me a really nice bike with a carbon-fiber frame--it's probably much better bike than I could hope to use.
So I have a glass of wine and a picture of my new bike, and Castle on the television, which isn't too bad.
Kat - Dec 10, 2012 6:43:45 pm PST #3892 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Happiest birthday thoughts, consuela. I hope that your next year is filled with all of the wonderful things you deserve.
I have a paper set to grade before I sleep. I also have a wedge of Delice De Gourmet Cheese. Which will win out?