I walk. I talk. I shop, I sneeze. I'm gonna be a fireman when the floods roll back. There's trees in the desert since you moved out. And I don't sleep on a bed of bones.

Buffy ,'Chosen'


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.


shrift - Apr 29, 2020 2:03:58 pm PDT #20528 of 30019
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty

I may need to order some of that flour, beth. I used to do stress baking back in the day, and now may be the time for me to take it up again.

And while I'm complaining about performance reviews, I am grateful that I have a job and can do it from home, and that my employer actually is being thoughtful and supportive.


Jesse - Apr 29, 2020 2:13:08 pm PDT #20529 of 30019
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

I mean, to be fair, 600 dollars a week at 40 hours would be $15/hour and while that's been the fight in some places, there are plenty of people who make way less than that, even before you add in any normal unemployment numbers.

Oh you know, I thought it was per month, not per week.

I not only have all purpose flour, today I got tapioca flour so I can make pao de queijo, the best thing ever.

Also I know there are some good neighbors around here, but I am feeling like an excellent neighbor because I just delivered margaritas to my neighbors.


Steph L. - Apr 29, 2020 2:14:40 pm PDT #20530 of 30019
I look more rad than Lutheranism

I got tapioca flour so I can make pao de queijo, the best thing ever.

That was one of the first things I learned to make when I went gluten free, and those things are SO DAMN GOOD.

I am feeling like an excellent neighbor because I just delivered margaritas to my neighbors.

Your self-assessment is incorrect: you are THE BEST neighbor!


Sophia Brooks - Apr 29, 2020 2:15:04 pm PDT #20531 of 30019
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

One of the things they said was they wanted to furlough people before July so they could get the extra money. But also, I am sure they want to get stuff off this year's books, as July 1 is our fiscal year.


-t - Apr 29, 2020 2:28:28 pm PDT #20532 of 30019
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Ooh, pao de queijo sounds like something I need in my life!

PEA _____ plural peas PEANUT ____ plural peanuts

Maybe some places but in a list of What To Eat in my Next Meal that doesn't seem right either

You are an excellent neighbor, Jesse!


Jesse - Apr 29, 2020 2:30:04 pm PDT #20533 of 30019
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Your self-assessment is incorrect: you are THE BEST neighbor!

Thank you, thank you.

The only thing is I might not have said mezcal loudly enough and I hope they like it? Also I am expecting bloody marys in return.


Dana - Apr 29, 2020 2:52:06 pm PDT #20534 of 30019
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

oh no, don't show me how to make the cheese bread


billytea - Apr 29, 2020 2:53:54 pm PDT #20535 of 30019
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.

Today I watched our mailman walk around the neighborhood with his mask down around his chin chewing on a toothpick, and at each house he put the toothpick away and pulled the mask over his mouth and nose. With his gloves. That he also used to pick up the mail. Sigh.

One of the reason the Chief Medical Officer over here still hasn't even recommended, let alone mandated, the wearing of masks is that he says they can make things worse if used incorrectly. Now I think I can visualise what "used incorrectly" might look like.


Jesse - Apr 29, 2020 3:16:49 pm PDT #20536 of 30019
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

oh no, don't show me how to make the cheese bread

hee


DXMachina - Apr 29, 2020 3:17:42 pm PDT #20537 of 30019
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.

I am feeling like an excellent neighbor because I just delivered margaritas to my neighbors.

Man, I need neighbors like that.

I am sitting here with my headset on until 9 pm, waiting for any of my students to webex in for online office hours, and feeling a bit like the Maytag repairman. Had exactly zero out of 100 check in from my uni course this afternoon. I did have two from the community college (out of 17) earlier this evening, so it hasn't been a complete waste.