I wear the cheese. It does not wear me.

Cheese Man ,'Chosen'


Natter 64: Yes, we still need you  

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.


Kat - Nov 11, 2009 1:54:28 pm PST #18730 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

Go Tom!! Good luck!

I have graded 20 long papers (6-10 pages each) 50 short responses (2 pages each) and I still have another 20 long papers to go. UGH. No. Good.

But I did make stew (with chipotle and smoked paprika.... and it's really delish, but more like soup). I think I'll make buttermilk biscuits for dinner.


Ginger - Nov 11, 2009 2:02:48 pm PST #18731 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda

Sometimes I think we should just give up and let "alot" be a word.

Over my cold, dead fingers.


§ ita § - Nov 11, 2009 2:03:24 pm PST #18732 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Go, Tom!

I don't think I know how to make any of those dating doohickeys work. I don't think I know how to make those menfolk doohickeys work. It's all beyond me.

msbelle, I think you had a good day.

The holiday resulted in a crazy smooth commute for me. Hope it's silky on the way home today.


ChiKat - Nov 11, 2009 2:04:25 pm PST #18733 of 30001
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?

Yay, Tom!!! Go Speed Dater!!


Kathy A - Nov 11, 2009 2:12:45 pm PST #18734 of 30001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil

Lou Dobbs is quitting--tonight's his last show on CNN. Last minute announcement, so I'm guessing it was either resign or get canned.


Jesse - Nov 11, 2009 2:14:21 pm PST #18735 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

I don't think I know how to make any of those dating doohickeys work.

This is why I've basically given up on online dating in favor of these things where people just show up in front of you -- speed dating and the like. It's just meeting a new person.


Sue - Nov 11, 2009 2:14:29 pm PST #18736 of 30001
hip deep in pie

Good luck Tom!

The holiday is messing me up, I keep thinking it's a Sunday.

ETA: Apparently the holiday is really messing me up.


Hil R. - Nov 11, 2009 2:16:17 pm PST #18737 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

Good luck, Tom!

I had no idea they had a turkey flavour drink. EW.

They make special holiday flavors each year for different holidays. I think they usually have a pack of four flavors for each holiday, and there's usually one good one, two that seem kind of weird, and one whose only purpose seems to be for people to dare each other to drink it. The Thanksgiving package has Turkey, Mashed Potatoes, Green Bean Casserole, Cranberry, and Fruitcake, which seems a bit more skewed toward the "ew" than usual. Christmas package is Ham, Christmas Tree, Eggnog, and Sugar Plum, and Chanukah package is Latkes, Apple Sauce, Gelt, and Jelly Donuts.

Neti pot: I usually just use it either when I'm feeling really stuffed up or when I get a nosebleed.


Cashmere - Nov 11, 2009 2:19:08 pm PST #18738 of 30001
Now tagless for your comfort.

Is Dobbs going to Fox?


Matt the Bruins fan - Nov 11, 2009 2:19:14 pm PST #18739 of 30001
"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

Good luck, Tom!

Did I mention that I got jolted out of a sound sleep last night by a new downstairs neighbor switching on loud music for a noisy party that started after midnight? The neighbor behind me went downstairs to ask them to turn it down, got no results, and people were yelling so loud when I followed suit 20 minutes later that their failure to answer the door may have been due to not hearing me pound on it. Two different times.

It seems that a grumpy police officer working the late shift knocks louder than I do when pissed off, however. They got quiet pretty fast once Officer Pipe the Hell Down showed up.