Oh man I just learned Shirley Chung has Stage 4 tongue cancer. She was on Top Chef and has been on several Food Network competitions and she is always bubbly and funny. She said she is doing chemo and treatments to try and get rid of the cancer and not lose her tongue.
It's not like she blew me off. She just left with another guy, that's all.
Riley ,'Conversations with Dead People'
Natter 78: I might need to watch some Buffy for inspiration
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.
askye - Jul 29, 2024 4:57:29 pm PDT #1853 of 3428
Thrive to spite them
-t - Jul 29, 2024 5:02:52 pm PDT #1854 of 3428
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I'm not familiar with her at all, but that must be pretty rough for a chef!
erikaj - Jul 29, 2024 5:03:58 pm PDT #1855 of 3428
Always Anti-fascist!
did not even know that could happen.
Theodosia - Jul 30, 2024 2:51:52 am PDT #1856 of 3428
'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"
My brother had tonsil cancer (and is more than 5 years past it, yay!) so I fully believe that tongue cancer is a thing.
Calli - Jul 30, 2024 4:29:01 am PDT #1857 of 3428
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
I’ve heard of tongue cancer, but mostly in people who were life long smokers, which seems unlikely for a chef. Since they have to be able to taste things accurately and all.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jul 30, 2024 8:29:08 am PDT #1858 of 3428
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
I've mostly heard it in reference to men who use chewing tobacco, but I guess cancer can randomly crop up in any organ without a clear reason for the location.
Last night was the first time political commentary has given me a feel-good belly laugh in, oh, about eight years: [link]
Laura - Jul 30, 2024 9:14:30 am PDT #1859 of 3428
Our wings are not tired.
Matt, we watched Jon this morning, and he did not disappoint. We knew he would love the new material. He and Andy Borowitz make the election process bearable.
P.M. Marc - Jul 30, 2024 10:28:39 am PDT #1860 of 3428
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
She's not the first chef with it. [link]
-t - Jul 30, 2024 11:24:39 am PDT #1861 of 3428
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I was kind of wondering if maybe it was an occupational hazard. One would hope that all the things chefs are tasting are safe, but...
askye - Jul 30, 2024 1:54:01 pm PDT #1862 of 3428
Thrive to spite them
We are doing bathroom floor renovation, or "we" aren't but M's niece's step dad is. I just had to buy the materials and pay him (it needs to be done because there is a whole). We got the stuff and was putting it in the shed/old workshop and there I discover the fitted sheet I've been looking for. Covered in paint. Because M's mom decided to use it as a drop cloth. When I remarked on it she immediately said "It wasn't me! I didn't do it!" She's the only one who has been painting so yes it was her. I don't know why she immediately denies it and doesn't apologize. I know why she took it-she needed something, she saw that, she didn't own it, so she used it.
On the other hand the materials for the floor were much cheaper than I thought they would be. I just have to return the peel and stick tiles we decide not to use.
I really wish I had mom's desire to do DIY stuff because I would have had so many projects done.