My Arkansas cousins are bracing for Icepocalypse, apparently.
I made air-popped popcorn! With the ancient but barely-used popper I inherited. I think I like the pan better.
Ben: I didn't ask for any of this. I just want to be normal. Gronx: I wanted to be an underwear model. We play the hand we're dealt.
'Touched'
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.
Jesse - Dec 05, 2013 2:05:31 pm PST #13820 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
amych - Dec 05, 2013 2:25:07 pm PST #13821 of 30000
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
My one true popcorn is Alton Brown's homemade microwave popcorn.
Oh god the new microwave doesn't get here until next week.
flea - Dec 05, 2013 2:27:19 pm PST #13822 of 30000
information libertarian
I think they'll cancel school tomorrow - the forecast is for freezing rain at AM commute, turning to sleet, turning to snow. But I don't think my work will close (mr. flea is very flexible so can stay home if he needs to), so I am anticipating a tedious, messy and cold commute.
Amy - Dec 05, 2013 2:28:27 pm PST #13823 of 30000
Because books.
Does anything stick to it when you make it like that, amych? He uses no oil at all, right?
amych - Dec 05, 2013 2:36:30 pm PST #13824 of 30000
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Amy, he uses oil -- about a tablespoon or so; way less than you'd use popping it in a pan, but enough to help the salt or whatever else you toss in for flavor to stick. I've seen variants that don't use any oil at all but that just seems blah to me.
Steph L. - Dec 05, 2013 2:38:34 pm PST #13825 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
I think they'll cancel school tomorrow
For a long time, CPS never EVER closed -- fire and brimstone could be raining from the skies and Walnut Hills was still having exams (okay, more seriously, I remember in maybe 1998 or so there was a storm where it snowed for over 24 hours straight, and CPS stayed open...although bus service was cancelled) -- so I'm always a little taken aback when they do the sensible thing and close.
Consuela - Dec 05, 2013 2:46:19 pm PST #13826 of 30000
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Would it work for someone who walks rather than runs?
Steph, sorry I never replied--I went out and just got home a little while ago.
Zombies, Run! works for walking just as well as running. There's an interval-training element to it, but it doesn't mean you have to run, you just have to pick up the pace by 20% or more. And, of course, all the chatter from the radio operator is about running.
But it works for running or walking or cycling; on a treadmill or elliptical (using the accelerometer rather than the GPS); and Dana reports that it works on a stationary bike!
Hil R. - Dec 05, 2013 3:00:04 pm PST #13827 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
My cable company's On Demand selection includes several Charlie Brown holiday movies, but not A Charlie Brown Christmas. Boo.
Steph L. - Dec 05, 2013 3:03:20 pm PST #13828 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Zombies, Run! works for walking just as well as running. There's an interval-training element to it, but it doesn't mean you have to run, you just have to pick up the pace by 20% or more. And, of course, all the chatter from the radio operator is about running.
Excellent!
Connie Neil - Dec 05, 2013 3:09:13 pm PST #13829 of 30000
brillig
Yay, we reached a high of 14 degrees today! Woo hoo!