Sooner or later, you're gonna want it. And the second — the second — that happens, you know I'll be there. I'll slip in, have myself a real good day.

Spike ,'Conversations with Dead People'


Natter 76: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Foaminess  

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.


sj - Feb 10, 2020 10:53:54 am PST #16210 of 30019
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

I'm sorry, Theo.


Dana - Feb 10, 2020 11:45:19 am PST #16211 of 30019
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

They're usually abbreviated as VOY and ENT.


Toddson - Feb 10, 2020 11:58:08 am PST #16212 of 30019
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"

Is it horrible that I keep thinking of it as Star Trek: Quantum Leap?


Sheryl - Feb 10, 2020 12:36:00 pm PST #16213 of 30019
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"

Timelies all!

I think the presence of Scott Bakula kept me watching Enterprise longer than I really should have.


-t - Feb 10, 2020 12:36:00 pm PST #16214 of 30019
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Not from where I sit, Toddson. That's just good sense.

ETA same, Sheryl. Way longer


askye - Feb 10, 2020 2:07:44 pm PST #16215 of 30019
Thrive to spite them

Matthew is a really good cook for someone who doesn't read recipes much and just throws things together but occasionally there are weird mis steps. He keeps wanting to add fruit to things that should not have fruit. Tonight he made a chicken and rice casserole that used some of the leftover spinach dip we had (my suggestion) and then he added random spices and diced fresh apple.

One issue is there wasn't enough liquid for teh rice to cook so we are trying to get it to cook but then also the taste is just odd.

I reacted badly when I realized there was apple in there and I feel bad and feel worse because I really don't want to eat more because the taste is off putting.

His mom is not an adventurous eater at all and I found a pretty basic recipe for sausage , sweet potatoes and apple casserole I thought we would all like and first he wanted to add a cream based sauce to it and then he was talking about adding mango to it as well. And I keep tryign to point him to cookbooks or cooking blogs so he can get some ideas but he isn't interested.


JZ - Feb 10, 2020 5:46:21 pm PST #16216 of 30019
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.

Is it horrible that I keep thinking of it as Star Trek: Quantum Leap?

FWIW, this has increased my interest level (which was already fairly high) by roughly 400%.


Dana - Feb 10, 2020 5:47:24 pm PST #16217 of 30019
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

It was not a good show.


meara - Feb 10, 2020 6:06:52 pm PST #16218 of 30019

Ugh. I really need it to be vacation time already. Not so much because I need the vacation, but because I can feel myself being depressed and getting nothing done and just playing lots of solitaire on my iPad, which then makes me feel ridiculous (why is that any more ridiculous than playing sudoku or doing jigsaw puzzles, or any other game? No idea, but it feels more futile somehow??) and I NEED SOME SUNSHINE. I feel like my brain is slodging through muck.

Tomorrow I have a doctor appointment to find out the results of the bone scan. Here's hoping the answer is something easy, and not either of the two extremes I would hate, either "sorry you have to not walk on it for a month" or "sorry, it looks pretty normal, try doing more PT exercises maybe that'll help?". But we'll see??


-t - Feb 11, 2020 3:55:59 am PST #16219 of 30019
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Helpful answers~ma, meara!

So this is my Tuesday's from now on. The cookware must flow. Starbucks have my ordered-ahead sandwich to someone else by mistake, so I see how things are going