My grandmother made a kickass fruitcake, but of course the fruits in question were Hawaiian and the nuts were macadamia nuts.
Nobody can tell Marmaduke what to do. That's my kind of dog.
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Natter 67: Overriding Vetoes
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, nail polish, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Liese S. - Dec 19, 2010 6:22:39 am PST #12072 of 30001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Connie Neil - Dec 19, 2010 6:28:17 am PST #12073 of 30001
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Bigass fire in town on Friday, it took out the LDS Tabernacle in Provo (not the more famous one in Salt Lake City). It's a pity, because it was one of the few nice old buildings in this town that believes if something is 30 years old it's sorely decrepit and needs torn town, preferably for a parking lot or title loan company.
Some video [link]
So now Provo has this really amazing looking Gothic Revival ruin smack in the middle of downtown, with empty pointed arch windows where the stained glass used to be and four spires on each corner rising above the brick walls that enclose nothing but rubble.
Consuela - Dec 19, 2010 6:40:21 am PST #12074 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
I have made fruitcake in the past and brought it to work, and nobody will try it if I say it's fruitcake. If I just leave it out with no note, it goes very quickly.
I make mine with organic dried fruits (cherries, pineapple, currents, raisins) and nuts (mostly almonds & pecans) and soak it for 2 months in port or madeira.
Still sick. What is this, day 8? Such a frelling pain. And the no-knead bread dough didn't rise. And I'm out of oatmeal, so if I want to try again, I will have to leave the house to buy more.
And the dog has an ear infection.
TINO!
Jesse - Dec 19, 2010 6:41:38 am PST #12075 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Boooo.
I apparently have a cold, and I am Not Pleased. I should be at Macy's, but I can't get off the couch.
JZ - Dec 19, 2010 6:48:59 am PST #12076 of 30001
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
My grandmother made a kickass fruitcake, but of course the fruits in question were Hawaiian and the nuts were macadamia nuts.
My mother worships and adores this kind of fruitcake.
Scrappy - Dec 19, 2010 6:49:05 am PST #12077 of 30001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Feel better all sickly Buffistas, and parents of same.
We are off to Ikea for breakfast and maybe to buy a potted plant or maybe even go nuts and buy a rug. Then I have to go to work for a few hours. And buy my assistant a gift, which I have NO IDEA about what to get her. Since she is awesome, I want it to be great.
DavidS - Dec 19, 2010 7:05:13 am PST #12078 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Since she is awesome, I want it to be great.
Cruise around Burbank and buy her a hot rockabilly boy.
bon bon - Dec 19, 2010 7:28:01 am PST #12079 of 30001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
I think this weather is affecting my cats. Third day of rain, third day in a row they haven't woken us up with maniacal playing. Makes me sad.
msbelle - Dec 19, 2010 7:36:32 am PST #12080 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
Advent Lightening went fine.
Liese S. - Dec 19, 2010 8:29:58 am PST #12081 of 30001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Good. Glad to hear it. There was a giant family lighting the candles today for us. They each read, like, one line. It was very cute.