Y'all see the man hanging out of the spaceship with the really big gun? Now I'm not saying you weren't easy to find. It was kinda out of our way, and he didn't want to come in the first place. Man's lookin' to kill some folk. So really it's his will y'all should worry about thwarting.

Mal ,'Safe'


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Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


Steph L. - Jul 18, 2014 7:34:05 am PDT #2211 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

What non-sugary drinks to folks have at home? I'm getting tired of water.

I have a SodaStream machine that makes my water fizzy. That's pretty much all I drink other than my morning trough of coffee. (Fizzy water > non-fizzy water.)


Beverly - Jul 18, 2014 7:34:34 am PDT #2212 of 30000
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.

tommy, I drink mostly water--filtered tap water kept at near-freezing by our excellent fridge. Occasionally, clear soda. Even less occasionally, locally bottled, no-sugar-added, no HFC cranberry juice cut half with clear soda or water. And because OJ rips me up, once in a while I'll have OJ/mango juice, no-sugar, no HFCs, cut half with clear soda. Boring as hell, but I'm used to it. The rare pitcher of iced tea is unsweetened and unpolluted with lemon. And I do have an occasional glass of clear soda with a twist of lemon--but in order to be able to drink it, it requires a pinch (literally, a pinch) of sugar in a 12 oz glass to mitigate the lemon bite.


-t - Jul 18, 2014 7:34:35 am PDT #2213 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Mmm, fizzy water.


Zenkitty - Jul 18, 2014 7:35:11 am PDT #2214 of 30000
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.

What non-sugary drinks to folks have at home? I'm getting tired of water.

I put TrueLemon (they have many flavors) in my water, thanks to ita for that. There's so little sugar it doesn't matter, but it gives a nice flavor.


Steph L. - Jul 18, 2014 7:35:42 am PDT #2215 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

But then I remembered that Cincinnati has a place called Putz' Creamy Whip that I've never been to, and now I'm thinking road trip. Because PUTZ' CREAMY WHIP.

YES YOU SHOULD DO THIS!

(I'll be damned; it has a website: [link] That picture of the banana split at the top of the page? WITH THE FACE? Is also on the building, and it freaks me out every time I see it.)


-t - Jul 18, 2014 7:35:46 am PDT #2216 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Oh, unsweetened cranberry juice diluted with water at about a 7:1 ratio (water to juice) is pretty tasty. Haven't done that in a while but I remember liking it.


tommyrot - Jul 18, 2014 7:37:59 am PDT #2217 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.

Some great ideas--cool!


Steph L. - Jul 18, 2014 7:39:07 am PDT #2218 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

Well, this is going to be anti-healthy, but the talk of cranberry juice reminds me that I had a really good cocktail recently: orange vodka, Malibu rum, cranberry juice, and OJ. I could drink a pitcher of that on the porch, I tell you what.


Beverly - Jul 18, 2014 7:47:21 am PDT #2219 of 30000
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.

Man, that sounds good.

And a Blizzard. I don't feel guilty about ice cream. I mean, I don't eat buckets of it, but donuts, cookies, pie (well, okay, I eat the filling and leave the crust, if I'm staunch enough to do that), cake, and pastries are right off the menu, so you damn betcha I'm having guilt-free ice cream now and then.


Scrappy - Jul 18, 2014 8:00:05 am PDT #2220 of 30000
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.

I'm all about the lemon and orange Vitamin Water Zero these days.