I coulda left a while ago, but someone scheduled a noon meeting without, apparently, telling anyone. So, along with having to call most of the participants to tell them its on, I'm eating pound cake on mute at my desk.
You got all kinds of learnin' and you made me look the fool without tryin', and yet here I am with a gun to your head. That's 'cause I got people with me. People who trust each other, who do for each other, and ain't always lookin' for the advantage.
Mal ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
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.
§ ita § - Dec 31, 2012 10:29:35 am PST #6136 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
DavidS - Dec 31, 2012 10:41:12 am PST #6137 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I got JZ her favorite comfort soup - the Vietnamese hot and sour from Mai's on Clement (with pineapple and tomato). I've never been able to recreate it properly at home so I googled up the recipe and the secret ingredient is: tamarind!
And I ate my leftover jambalaya and it was pleasingly spicy. I think everybody needs some spicy food for the new year.
Matilda's off at a playdate with her friend Norah (they were both up at 7:30 planning their outfits and wittering about it until the 11am actual Playdate), and Emmett's back at his mom's. He'll be snowboarding on New Year's Day, so that should be a blast for him. He really enjoys it and only gets to go once or twice a year.
And I got a new book to read at the Alameda Courthouse next week when I'm sorting out my car's registration ticket crap from 2011.
Dana - Dec 31, 2012 10:42:01 am PST #6138 of 30001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
How do you mute pound cake?
Dana - Dec 31, 2012 10:42:09 am PST #6139 of 30001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
How do you mute pound cake?
Steph L. - Dec 31, 2012 10:45:56 am PST #6140 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
so I googled up the recipe and the secret ingredient is:
Anyone else disappointed it's not love?
Jesse - Dec 31, 2012 11:07:41 am PST #6141 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
OMG, my mother just gave me the saddest children's book about a dead cat! How could anyone ever read that to a child? I don't think I could have gotten through it even before my cat was dead. Edit: this one [link]
Calli - Dec 31, 2012 11:10:57 am PST #6142 of 30001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
I had use it or lose it time to burn, so I took today off. It's been nice.
Kat - Dec 31, 2012 11:15:36 am PST #6143 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
AND, Jesse, it's by the woman who wrote Terrible, Horrible, No Good Very Bad Day.
Jesse - Dec 31, 2012 11:23:15 am PST #6144 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Yeah, she's great.
Kat - Dec 31, 2012 11:29:24 am PST #6145 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Except for the horrible your cat is dead book!
Ack!
The DVDs I got from the library include: 1 Pinky and the Brain, 2 Looney Tunes and 1 NCIS. This is all good to watch on days when you want to do nothing, right?