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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.


Jesse - Jun 29, 2014 5:29:50 am PDT #966 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Or you can embrace the remote unconnectedness of your back porch and keep it as a refuge when you want to get away from the internet. Some people like that, I understand.

Yeah, I mean I guess there are other things to do! And also I have a smartphone.


-t - Jun 29, 2014 5:30:55 am PDT #967 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

So for breakfast I tried that thing where you cut a hole out of a piece of bread and fry the bread with an egg cracked in the hole (and fry the piece you cut out separately, of course, because what are you gonna do, not fry and eat some extra bread?) because I've never had that before. Pretty tasty! Fried bread is a little more delicious than toast. I wonder why - I'd've thunk bread+butter+heat would produce practically identical results. The browning of the butter in the pan, perhaps? A little extra burninating?


Jesse - Jun 29, 2014 5:33:29 am PDT #968 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Oooh -- I did that for a while, but have gotten out of the habit of sliced bread. So delicious! And I think there's something about the butter getting more into the bread in the pan vs out of the toaster. Also the browning, yeah.


Consuela - Jun 29, 2014 6:18:35 am PDT #969 of 30000
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

Egg on a raft!

I don't have any bread that's really good for that, but I do like egg on a raft.

I think I will take the dog for a brisk walk, looks like it's going to be hot today. And then I'll have breakfast and dive into my many things I need to do: laundry, paperwork, filing, maybe move another bookshelf into the house.


JZ - Jun 29, 2014 6:23:13 am PDT #970 of 30000
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.

My mom always called them Barney Google Eyes.


sarameg - Jun 29, 2014 7:02:26 am PDT #971 of 30000

Dinosaur nests!

I was going to be fairl productive today but then I did that thing where you fall asleep early on the couch and wake up at 4:30am, lights ablaze, turn them off and go to bed upstairs and then don't get up until 11.

So.


-t - Jun 29, 2014 7:23:47 am PDT #972 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

See, this is why I don't know what to call it. I don't have a family name for it because I didn't eat eggs growing up. I'll ask my dad if he has a name for it, but I suspect he will not.

Last week I succumbed to the desire to buy a loaf of sliced bread so now I have to eat it all up before it gets moldy. Ooh, maybe grilled cheese for lunch...

Laps have been swum (more or less, I lost track of exactly how many I did (my goal is 8, you'd think I could manage to count that many! But no) but I was in the pool for half an hour so I think I did at least as many as I meant to and if I did extra that is fine) and groceries made. Looks like laundry and dishes for the rest of the day, with occasional breaks for walking the dog, drinking tea, etc.


Hil R. - Jun 29, 2014 7:35:16 am PDT #973 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

My mom called them eggs in a basket.


sarameg - Jun 29, 2014 7:38:39 am PDT #974 of 30000

The naming lends itself to the twist of the family, I do believe.

We called brussel sprouts shrunken heads, and for reasons of parental lore, pimentos were lizard tongues.


Kat - Jun 29, 2014 7:40:24 am PDT #975 of 30000
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

-t, there is something about swim counting that is annoyingly difficult. I use a lap counter, but I know a woman at the pool who uses something on her finger. She moves it around from pinky to thumb to count laps (starts at the pinky for lap one then slides it to her ring finger on the second lap).

I now want egg in a hole.