What the hell time is it in Sioux City? Waaay tooo early.
I was surprised to find out about pre-existing conditions a few years back, since MA didn't allow insurance companies to use them. I was living in a protected world and didn't even know it.
We die horribly and painfully, you go to hell and I spend eternity in the arms of baby Jesus.
Gunn ,'Not Fade Away'
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.
Theodosia - Oct 03, 2013 3:00:42 am PDT #7674 of 30000
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
meara - Oct 03, 2013 4:28:40 am PDT #7675 of 30000
Theo, I left the hotel at 515, my flight was at 630. I'm now at ohare for a few hours, wishing the "nap pods" business was already running (apparently it exists in Philly and Atlanta)
Sheryl - Oct 03, 2013 4:29:51 am PDT #7676 of 30000
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
Timelies all!
I like lamb, though I tend to have it in forms that are mixed with something else. Never had goat. Have had a few buffalo burgers. Tried escargot in Paris. Kinda like chewing rubber bands.(The garlic sauce they were in was nice, though.)
Jesse - Oct 03, 2013 4:33:20 am PDT #7677 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Escargot always reminds me of the time I got my parents to take me to a Fancy Restaurant as a kid. I got to pick a place for dinner when I got my report card, and until then I had always picked fast food. At 10 or 11, I picked the fanciest restaurant I had heard of, and ordered escargot and steak au poivre. I didn't like either of them! I'm pretty sure it was back to BK the next time.
Strix - Oct 03, 2013 4:34:40 am PDT #7678 of 30000
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
The only times I've had goat was in Indian, and it was pretty cheap Indian buffet. It was OK, but nothing I'd order. I may have had a bite or two of lamb, but it didn't stick in my mind. I'd be willing to be persuaded.
And I like cheese, most all kinds except bleu. And I like stinky cheeses, I just can't get into bleu. I can go to town on the goat cheese all day long.
God, I've been sleeping weird. Up, down, up, down.
Amy - Oct 03, 2013 4:36:59 am PDT #7679 of 30000
Because books.
The best thing about escargot, aside from the butter, is the Paris restaurant scene in I Love Lucy.
I've come to like bleu cheese. I wouldn't stuff a whole hunk in my mouth, but I do like it on or in stuff. And one of the best meals I ever had was chicken with gorgonzola sauce, which I never thought I'd like.
Theodosia - Oct 03, 2013 4:40:05 am PDT #7680 of 30000
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
I use ground lamb in my tomato meat sauce and meatballs whenever I can. I keep meaning to getting around to making lambburgers sometime.
meara - Oct 03, 2013 4:44:06 am PDT #7681 of 30000
I'm all for goat in Caribbean food. We had it for thanksgiving one year when my bestie wanted to make goat stew. We had to find a halal butcher way out in the burbs to get goat.
I'm not sure I've ever had lamb though. Not something I'd order for the heck of it, nor something my mom would make.
Jesse - Oct 03, 2013 4:51:16 am PDT #7682 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
My mother's favorite Easter dinner is a cavalcade of stuff I don't like. Or at least, two things I'm not crazy about: lamb and ratatouille. At least I'm now willing to eat both of them.
It's especially sad for me because ham and asparagus are two of my favorites! And equally good for Easter dinner!
Steph L. - Oct 03, 2013 4:52:06 am PDT #7683 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Theo, I left the hotel at 515, my flight was at 630.
Our flight is pretty damn early tomorrow, though not as early as yours. We need to leave the house by 6:15 at the latest.
Wait, what is the conventional wisdom on how early to arrive for a domestic flight? I've been assuming 2 hours (which is something I picked up post-September 11). Is that too much? I haven't flown in years, so have things gotten a little less crazy? Is 1 hour okay? 90 minutes?