Strix, has M made his bar mitzvah yet? That's the age to me when you get to make decisions about your own Jewish faith and practice thereof.
I'm happy to be a rage dinosaur on your behalf.
Oh, no, oh, no! Spontaneous poetic exclamations. Lord, spare me college boys in love.
Dr. Walsh ,'Potential'
Natter 73: Chuck Norris only wishes he could Natter
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.
Theodosia - Sep 30, 2014 9:32:54 am PDT #7343 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"
-t - Sep 30, 2014 9:44:23 am PDT #7344 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
It's apparently Use Up the Department Monthly Budget by Buying Employees Lunch day today. We're getting Subway. So that's nice.
Ambergris seems like it would be chock full of umami.
Theodosia - Sep 30, 2014 9:49:15 am PDT #7345 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"
If you're going to make ambergris cheesecake, you really should flavor it with rosewater for that perfumey touch of class.
Toddson - Sep 30, 2014 9:55:51 am PDT #7346 of 30000
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
And decorate with gold leaf. Edible, if you insist, but not necessarily.
Theodosia - Sep 30, 2014 10:12:36 am PDT #7347 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"
Toddson, definitely!
Burrell - Sep 30, 2014 10:22:35 am PDT #7348 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Ambergris seems like it would be chock full of umami.
Maybe you could swap it out for something equally umami-y but more accessible. Like sea urchin roe? Or wait, still too esoteric -- what about soy sauce?
-t - Sep 30, 2014 10:32:23 am PDT #7349 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I'm seeing sage suggested as a substitute in my googling. Along with more exotic ingredients that i haven't heard of.
Strix - Sep 30, 2014 10:42:31 am PDT #7350 of 30000
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Theodosia, he'll have his bar mitzvah in May. I'm cool with him being actively Jewish; his heritage, his choice.
I just think this whole situation is totally shitty and cruel, and totally E's fault for being thoughtless. I think he should be allowed to go -- it wasn't HIS fault (he's 12! Geez!) for not remembering "Oh, it's Yom Kippur."
I think it's needlessly mean to essentially penalize him for his mother's forgetfulness. Esp. since E never seems to repent or atone for all the shitty things she's done to Dan.
I mean, I get an e-mail from Nilly every damn year for Yom Kippur asking for forgiveness for anything she might have done to hurt me, and yet this woman has NEVER made any statement making amends for all the harmful things she's done and said to D.
I know it's the Holiest Day, but I just think she's a big fat hypocrite.
-t - Sep 30, 2014 10:43:02 am PDT #7351 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I should have been more specific about what I wanted on my salad. Oh well, live and learn. ANd, hey, free food, so whatever.
Amy - Sep 30, 2014 11:38:10 am PDT #7352 of 30000
Because books.
ita, I hope you're wrapped up safe today. Your dad, too.
Strix, that's a shitty thing to do to a kid. It's a parent's job to consider all angles first, then make a decision -- promising something and then snatching it away is awful.