Oh, smacked in the noggin with a 2x4 wrapped in velvet. Yeah, that's what it felt like.

Lorne ,'Smile Time'


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.


tommyrot - May 07, 2014 8:04:03 am PDT #27046 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

I know, right? She's the vice president of public relations at the largest company (by market capitalization) in the world.

eta: You think she'd have a better official picture.


msbelle - May 07, 2014 8:04:05 am PDT #27047 of 30000
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

Brag moment: chair test in band yesterday and Mac made 1st chair trombone. He had been 8 th chair, so a big jump. The highest he has ever been before is 4 th.


Laura - May 07, 2014 8:12:29 am PDT #27048 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.

Isn't that a terrible picture of her?

Let me show you my teeth.

Yay Mac!!!


Jesse - May 07, 2014 8:13:25 am PDT #27049 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

ita, don't go to work.

Go, mac! At least he's keeping up with something? And you are also doing a great job with your exercising and whatnot!

She looks like she's trying to force a smile after being told she has to clean toilets all day.

That sounds about right. But maybe it's just her face? She should maybe be a person who doesn't smile in pictures?


Jesse - May 07, 2014 8:19:06 am PDT #27050 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Am feeling amazing about this Serious Eats iced coffee taste-test. [link] Amazing because (spoilers) I don't need to feel about about just brewing coffee and then putting it in the fridge any more.


-t - May 07, 2014 8:29:57 am PDT #27051 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

First chair! That's awesome! I was perennial second chair flute in middle school.


Steph L. - May 07, 2014 8:49:38 am PDT #27052 of 30000
I look more rad than Lutheranism

Yay mac! That's excellent!

I don't need to feel about about just brewing coffee and then putting it in the fridge any more.

That's what I do! I'm too lazy to do otherwise. t edit And I drink it w/cream, so the article totally vindicates my laziness.


Atropa - May 07, 2014 8:55:18 am PDT #27053 of 30000
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.

I don't understand not using moisturizer. My face feels dry just thinking about it!

Same here. I've become a convert to Bee Magic Healing Cream at night. It goes on heavy, but it absorbs quickly, and it really is magic for my skin.

Daytime, I use a light application of Weleda Skin Food under my makeup, and a dusting of powder sunblock. I've had to convert to physical sunblocks instead of my beloved super-high SPF chemical ones, because my skin has decided chemical sunblocks are The Enemy.


Jesse - May 07, 2014 8:55:45 am PDT #27054 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

And I drink it w/cream, so the article totally vindicates my laziness.

This is what I'm saying! I tried cold brewing, which is also very easy, but I just didn't like it as much. Maybe I need my coffee to be bitter because I do like to add milk and sugar?


Steph L. - May 07, 2014 8:58:09 am PDT #27055 of 30000
I look more rad than Lutheranism

Back in the day, I seriously would brew hot coffee in the morning, and then dump it over a tumbler of ice to cool down (thus diluting it, which was NOT my goal), and then dumping the cool coffee over another tumbler of ice so I could have iced coffee, not tepid coffee. I grumbled about it, and I'm pretty sure it was a Buffista who said, just brew it the night before and set the carafe in the fridge. And it was like turning lead into gold, ISTG. I would never have thought of that on my own, because I have hilarious gaps in common sense.