DH is frequently told how lucky he is when people find out I'm a scifi nerd. Which is funny on several levels, but mostly the one where he never read any non-comics SF at all before he met me.
Kaylee: So, uh, how come you don't care where you're going? Book: 'Cause how you get there is the worthier part.
'Serenity'
Spike's Bitches 44: It's about the rules having changed.
[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.
Jessica - Jun 05, 2009 8:37:11 am PDT #11987 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Sean K - Jun 05, 2009 8:42:53 am PDT #11988 of 30000
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
I can cook (a little, still learning).
S would cook for me almost every night, because she wanted to. AND, even though she's vegetarian, she would cook meat for me pretty regularly. She kept offering, in fact. She never had a problem handling meat, she just didn't eat it.
Cashmere - Jun 05, 2009 8:43:25 am PDT #11989 of 30000
Now tagless for your comfort.
Aims, we have that one! Actually, I'm fairly sure we own all of them (for obvious reasons).
erika, sorry about the drama and the wussy ending to your assistant's relationship. After two years, you'd think she could tell you in person.
amych - Jun 05, 2009 8:44:32 am PDT #11990 of 30000
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
The thing that always gets me is when other guys ask S. how they can persuade their (sometimes theoretical) partners to like nerdstuff. Especially when I'm standing Right There.
His response is pretty much, "how should I know how to get your wife to like comics (sf, fencing, video games...)? Mine came that way."
meara - Jun 05, 2009 8:47:26 am PDT #11991 of 30000
Heh. I'm NOT a vegetarian, and I hate handling/cooking meat...
billytea - Jun 05, 2009 8:50:57 am PDT #11992 of 30000
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
The thing that always gets me is when other guys ask S. how they can persuade their (sometimes theoretical) partners to like nerdstuff. Especially when I'm standing Right There.
Heh. I have introduced Wallybee to nerdstuff. I can say that if I did so with the expectation that I could 'get her to like it', it would not have had a happy ending.
She likes Battlestar Galactica, a lot. She liked BtVS and Angel ok, but it didn't really grab her. She fell asleep playing D&D. She will happily play many different board games with me. She has developed a love of nature programs. I would still not want to be with anyone else if none of it had stuck.
Typo Boy - Jun 05, 2009 8:53:49 am PDT #11993 of 30000
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
I'm a whiz at cooking scrambled eggs on plain stainless steel and not having them stick
OK, I'd like the secret to this. The only ways I know to do this are) 1) oo much oil 2) a little bit of oil diluted by being added to some boiling broth which really means I am sauteing or semi-poaching the eggs. PAM does not work for me on stainless steel.
Volans - Jun 05, 2009 8:59:54 am PDT #11994 of 30000
move out and draw fire
I love the Olivia books.
Story Corps this morning featured a couple who've been married 60 years. The husband said of his wife "She's not the best cook in the world, but she makes great reservations."
It was funny and sweet because he clearly adored her.
I can't tell you how many problems I've had with female partners of male friends because I like nerdstuff. Also, the fact that I do the grilling and all the driving when we go anywhere together seems to bug people.
They also always assume that our interior decorating is all me, which couldn't be farther from the truth.
amych - Jun 05, 2009 9:02:58 am PDT #11995 of 30000
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Silly Raq. You're only supposed to cook inside the house.
Jessica - Jun 05, 2009 9:03:47 am PDT #11996 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Also, the fact that I do the grilling and all the driving when we go anywhere together seems to bug people.
O HAI, this is me also.