My cats are worn out from standing at the screen door and being impossibly cute and crying, CRYING to come out and join the fun this evening. I started rubbing Pumpkin's haid and she curled tighter to avoid it and tucked her head into Loki's butt. And he didn't even flinch. Or move.
I got stabbed, you know, right here.
Mal ,'Shindig'
Natter 72: We Were Unprepared for This
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.
sarameg - Oct 31, 2013 5:41:48 pm PDT #10780 of 30000
Vortex - Oct 31, 2013 5:43:30 pm PDT #10781 of 30000
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
Burrell, sorry I didn't say this earlier, but I'm so sorry about your sister. I just saw Beep me.
Vortex - Oct 31, 2013 5:43:31 pm PDT #10782 of 30000
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
Burrell - Oct 31, 2013 5:46:16 pm PDT #10783 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Thanks, Vortex.
The kids have finally made a good sized dent in the first bag of candy. phew! Favorite so far is the little green fairy who complimented my costume, so I complimented her right back.
Burrell - Oct 31, 2013 5:48:42 pm PDT #10784 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Just had a mom full-on ToTing alongside her daughter. I was happy to oblige seeing as I still have too much candy.
-t - Oct 31, 2013 5:51:31 pm PDT #10785 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I just got the most adorable little Captain America. With a frisbee for a shield.
I had one of those at work - so cute!
§ ita § - Oct 31, 2013 7:55:23 pm PDT #10786 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I swear I can never make the recipe on the side of the rice box successfully. Sitting for 15 minutes, bring to a boil, let simmer closed for 35 minutes. AWFUL. It's soupy and I have to let most of the rest of the water evaporate not push as steam into the kernels. I google "brown rice basmati recipe" and follow the bring to a boil, let simmer for 50 minutes...and voila! One of the best pots of rice (it's a tense relationship--I am keeping score).
And after all that (FIFTY MINUTES) I find I don't actually have the chicken I was going it with its fluffy brownness. Luckily I have survival food in the freezer, so was able to whip up something, and...the dish¹ broke in my lap!!! Why is my food fighting so hard to avoid being eaten? I MUST OM NOM. I will overcome. Ooh! And time for half brownie!
¹ The last deep plate/shallow bowl from the Kat'n'Lori housewarming startup package. I liked those! Way more interesting than anything I own, and that perfect shape for something where you need a rim to help get the food on the fork, or it's something more liquid than normal, but you need to get a knife and a fork in.
Goodbye, dear hybrid placesetting. Goodbye. You served Los Angeles well.
DavidS - Oct 31, 2013 8:08:12 pm PDT #10787 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I've gotten my rice cooking down now after I stopped using Western techniques and switched to Eastern methods.
Cass - Oct 31, 2013 8:11:05 pm PDT #10788 of 30000
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
Rice is my cooking nemesis. People say it's easy but I think they lie. Or have made a deal with a demon? Somehow it looks effortless for them but my rice does not ever work like that.
We need to know the plural of sparkly pink Batman. This is a good world.
It was pretty neat.
Trudy Booth - Oct 31, 2013 8:19:44 pm PDT #10789 of 30000
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
rice cookers rule