I heard an interview with her a while back. She was fascinating, and I have no particular interest in swimming. So, probably even more fascinating to someone ho can relate to some of what she's talking about.
Travers: Perhaps you'll favor us with a demonstration while we're here. Buffy: You mean, like, right now? 'Cause, already had my recommended daily dose of fights tonight.
'Potential'
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.
-t - Jan 03, 2013 4:18:01 pm PST #6565 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Kat - Jan 03, 2013 4:20:13 pm PST #6566 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
ita, your sister does look great in those pictures. Also, I love the trend of candy tables at weddings.
Lynne Cox's book is good, but I don't think she does such a fab job capturing her experiences. What makes the book is the experiences she had, not her ability to recount it as a writer.
Cass - Jan 03, 2013 4:20:45 pm PST #6567 of 30001
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
So what goes better with Indian food: white wine or red?
The viognier is good. Something with some sweet or some fizz (part of why beer works is that people think fizzy wine cannot be an everyday wine and it SO can) works nicely with strongly spiced foods.
Why do adults pick chunks out of the tops of muffins AND PUT THEM BACK IN THE BOX?
They were raised by rabid and unsocialized squirrels. And should be denied muffins forever. Do not do that. It is gross.
That wedding looks like such fun. But your outfit would have rocked it more. There was tulle and fluffied skirts. Obviously that rocks harder.
sarameg - Jan 03, 2013 4:38:36 pm PST #6568 of 30001
I think part of her appeal, at least in interviews, is her giddy enthusiasm. I mean, damn: [link] (12 minute piece.) Halfway through her Antarctic swim, as she's flagging, she giggles and rallies.
I read a piece in (NYer? ) that I think was an except from her Amundsen book, and liked it. But I grew up reading all my dad's polar expedition books, some of which are worth a shitton of money now ( on,Amundsen, Perry, Scott, Cook, Shackleton, etc) and thus have a real soft spot for the topic. And never, ever, EVER want to do a real polar expedition.
§ ita § - Jan 03, 2013 4:53:51 pm PST #6569 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
[Wedding pics redacted]
sarameg - Jan 03, 2013 4:57:25 pm PST #6570 of 30001
What was the venue? I see signs for lisah's wedding location in the background of some pix (Baltimore Museum of Industry.)
SuziQ - Jan 03, 2013 5:21:28 pm PST #6571 of 30001
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
it might take you 5-10 minutes, but 1) it might take your coworker much longer
Probably true. I can magically access the Financial database and pull what he wants into a pretty pivot table. Which I know is Greek to many of the engineers.
Time to move it to the freezer and take stock.
SuziQ - Jan 03, 2013 5:40:17 pm PST #6572 of 30001
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
Inventory...
1 game salami
1 "m steak" (mystery steak?)
1 elk steak (wrapped in butcher paper, may be more than one steak)
1 "cube m" (another mystery)
2 summer sausages
4 lbs elk burger
4 game brats
5 elk loin steaks
6 antelope loin steaks
40 breakfast sausages
I threw everything in the freezer except for the salami, that is defrosting in the fridge. Now to look up recipes.
DavidS - Jan 03, 2013 5:41:27 pm PST #6573 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Stir Fried Elk!
brenda m - Jan 03, 2013 5:47:25 pm PST #6574 of 30001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Here's a lovely example of why I am doing this lake jumping craziness. [link]
The very end had me weeping (but not in a Sarah McLachlan ruin your day kind of way). Maybe even one for Good Stuff.