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[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
fyi I didn't think about what might happen when I put hot tomatoes and baking soda in the blender. The soup tried to escape through the ceiling! I was able to get it blended using very short bursts.
Blend/puree the blanched tomatoes before cooking. I've done that, when the only canned tomato product available was stewed tomatoes, and it worked out very nicely. The soup will come out reasonably smooth, and you don't have to worry about handling hot food in the blender.
gotta love Vicki Lawrence ftw.
Holy crap, Erin!
Awesome letter, GC!
FTR: I am as sick as Plei and Teppy because as soon as I read Erin's description I went "Oooh! Teratoma!" and proceeded to Image Google them. For not the first time.
Erin, if the bloods come back good, can you postpone for a week? That sounds like a wicked financial hit.
(Like you need afuckingnother one!)
Dude. We just had an earthquake.
Jeeves did not display any Amazing Animal Foresight regarding the event. I woke up before he did. He did go hide as soon as he woke up, and was in need of serious cuddling after the fact.
Does anyone know how long it takes to renew a US passport at the minute? A friend wanted to visit from New York, but he's just realised his passport is out of date.
jars - DH just sent his renewal in. it came back all shiny in 2 weeks. we were expecting 3.
Cool. Thanks, Sox.
Dude. We just had an earthquake.
Apparently, it was felt in Cincinnati, too. Not by me, as I could sleep through an elephant tap-dancing on the bed while the Village People sang "Macho Man."
But when I got up, the first question The Boy asked me was, "Were you awake at 4:30?"
Me: "Uh, NO."
Him: "There was an earthquake."
[pause]
Me: "Did you think I *caused* it?"
Him: "What?"
Me: "Well, you asked if I was awake then, like I was up and trying to open the Hellmouth or something."
[pause]
Him: "Well, are you?"
I told him that if any demons show up at his work (they recycle scrap metal; his work, that is, not the demons, although maybe the demons do) and ask for a talisman, to NOT GIVE IT TO THEM.
(We watched "Doomed" earlier this week, so we're sensitive to Hellmouth-open-y things.)
But what if they are VERY MEAN AND SCARY demons? What if they threaten his life? Or yours?
Mind you, the kind of demons that go to the trouble of recycling scrap metal probably eat only organic food and are careful about not using plastic bags and things. They probably are not so much with the Hellmouth-opening.