She didn't even touch her pumpkin. It's a freak with no face.

Willow ,'Help'


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.


§ ita § - Nov 27, 2013 2:38:23 pm PST #13097 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

more true to what the Pilgrims actually ate at the first one

If you start making historical accuracy a goal, where do you stop?


Liese S. - Nov 27, 2013 2:38:38 pm PST #13098 of 30000
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."

We're not home for either of the holidays this year and while we will miss family, I am so glad not to be in that madhouse. We just did so much travel already, we couldn't and I am so happy with that decision. Furthermore, at our favorite breakfast joint this morning, we bought a pecan pie and some butternut squash soup so my dinner prep just got eased.


Atropa - Nov 27, 2013 2:39:13 pm PST #13099 of 30000
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.

Kat! Thank you so much for the goodies! (Which were delivered to the wrong house, because our new postman is not the sharpest pencil in the box. I've redelivered three packages to neighbors myself.)

But yay, LEGO vampire! Sparkly bat stickers! Thank you very much, and smooch the twins for me.


Atropa - Nov 27, 2013 2:44:16 pm PST #13100 of 30000
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.

And continuing the me me me burbling: I scheduled the consultation for my next tattoo! Saturday Dec. 7, at 7pm. Which means Pete has a little bit over a week to finish working out the design.

(Pete is not enthusiastic about my plans for more tattoos, but has come to accept that I get to decorate my body the way I want. And I want the Addams Family motto inked on my arm.)


Matt the Bruins fan - Nov 27, 2013 2:46:47 pm PST #13101 of 30000
You have to remember that being a 5-time Olympic medalist means Hilary Knight has been playing hockey at an elite level at least 16 years. It's impossible for her to be a teenage girl less than 16 years old, thus the President's complete lack of interest.

If you start making historical accuracy a goal, where do you stop?

I do draw the line at inviting people to dinner and then giving them fatal infectious diseases so I can take their land.


Atropa - Nov 27, 2013 2:51:03 pm PST #13102 of 30000
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.

If you start making historical accuracy a goal, where do you stop?

I do draw the line at inviting people to dinner and then giving them fatal infectious diseases so I can take their land.

Pfft, slacker. That's the only fun part of Thanksgiving. That, and throwing dinner rolls at people when they ask you to pass the bread.


§ ita § - Nov 27, 2013 2:54:57 pm PST #13103 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

That, and throwing dinner rolls at people when they ask you to pass the bread.

This is why some people prefer sweet potato rolls.


Atropa - Nov 27, 2013 2:57:20 pm PST #13104 of 30000
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.

This is why some people prefer sweet potato rolls.

Trust me, my dad would still lob those to you overhand.

Aaugh, I have to make two things of sausage stuffing tonight. I need to remember that.


Ginger - Nov 27, 2013 2:59:10 pm PST #13105 of 30000
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda

Did you know that you can get away with saying "Well, we can't replicate it, so we won't fix it" for as long as six months?

This is the kind of thinking that gave us healthcare.gov, which I've found to be not only dysfunctional, but dysfunctional in ways I've never seen before. For example, it keeps sending me back to the beginning and when I go back through again, it remembers some things I entered before, but not all of them. There's no rhyme or reason to what it forgets. It remembers my SSN, but forgets whether I have dependents.


dcp - Nov 27, 2013 3:11:18 pm PST #13106 of 30000
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.

my dad would still lob those to you overhand.

If he ever has occasion to be in south Missouri, southeast Missouri, or south Alabama: [link]