Death is your art. You make it with your hands day after day. That final gasp, that look of peace. And part of you is desperate to know: What's it like? Where does it lead you? And now you see, that's the secret. Not the punch you didn't throw or the kicks you didn't land. She really wanted it. Every Slayer has a death wish. Even you.

Spike ,'Conversations with Dead People'


Natter 62: The 62nd Natter  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


§ ita § - Dec 14, 2008 4:26:48 pm PST #6126 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

The ads look awful. I don't think I could go near it.

Baking question--why does the recipe say 1 stick of butter (8oz) and my butter says 4oz/stick?


tommyrot - Dec 14, 2008 4:29:31 pm PST #6127 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

Your butter came from Mars?


Theodosia - Dec 14, 2008 4:31:53 pm PST #6128 of 10002
'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"

By and large I don't find the show cry-making, but hopeful, and I think I've actually learned something about patterns of codependence from it. YCMMV


§ ita § - Dec 14, 2008 4:32:32 pm PST #6129 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

No! I need to know before I mess up these brownies. Also I probably shouldn't rest sticks of butter on the laptop.

But I guess I put in two of my sticks.........


Liese S. - Dec 14, 2008 4:33:49 pm PST #6130 of 10002
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."

I'm pretty sure I couldn't handle watching Intervention, although I probably could use the information contained within. I have enough peripheral heartbreak, thankyewverymuch.


sarameg - Dec 14, 2008 4:37:14 pm PST #6131 of 10002

it, google random brownie recipes and go with the measurements that match the flour to butter ratio. Mine are also 4 oz sticks and they are standard-in-my-life sizes.


erikaj - Dec 14, 2008 4:38:51 pm PST #6132 of 10002
"Somewhere in this building is our talent." Toby Ziegler, my spirit animal

I've tried, because I'm fascinated with that subject, but so far, I just feel dirty. And not the fun kind. Like I'm peeping and shit.


Amy - Dec 14, 2008 4:39:14 pm PST #6133 of 10002
Because books.

A regular stick is always a half cup, or four ounces. Does the stick look extra big?

I would go with the "one stick" direction, and assume the eight ounces was a typo. Two sticks seems like a lot.


Jesse - Dec 14, 2008 4:39:18 pm PST #6134 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

A stick would be four ounces by logic -- the box is a pound, and it has four sticks, right? 16 oz in a lb, 16/4=4.


sarameg - Dec 14, 2008 4:41:07 pm PST #6135 of 10002

Super buttery brownies at ita's!