It is 70 degrees in New Orleans today. I am glad my days of 20 degree weather are behind me (for the time being, anyway.) Also? FORTY DEGREES IS COLD.
Giles: I jump out of the circle, jump back in, and, and, shake my gourd. Buffy: Hey, I think I know this ritual. The ancient shamans were next called upon to do the Hokey-Pokey and to turn themselves around.
'Dirty Girls'
Natter 69: Practically names itself.
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.
Nora Deirdre - Dec 19, 2011 9:56:04 am PST #12232 of 30001
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
Jesse - Dec 19, 2011 10:04:09 am PST #12233 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
It's certainly not puffer-coat weather!
tommyrot - Dec 19, 2011 10:21:06 am PST #12234 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Kate P. - Dec 19, 2011 10:22:13 am PST #12235 of 30001
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
I keep thinking 40 degrees is cold, and then I bring my coat and I'm pleasantly surprised by how nice it is, so I end up leaving my coat in the car. OK, it helps that it's been really sunny here these last few days.
Jessica - Dec 19, 2011 10:28:19 am PST #12236 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
40 is about my cutoff for Really Big Coat weather, mainly because my office is on a wind-tunnel street right by the Hudson.
Connie Neil - Dec 19, 2011 10:33:01 am PST #12237 of 30001
brillig
I have discovered the pleasures of the Bright Red Long Coat during the gloomy days of winter. I'm resisting wearing my BRLC every day, because it won't be Bright Red for long if I drag it out through everything.
Ginger - Dec 19, 2011 11:17:06 am PST #12238 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
40 is when I start wearing long sleeves. Most people don't have the advantage of chemically induced hot flashes, though.
Dear recipe people:
I had enough batter for two 2"x12" rolls, not one. I bet it will make fewer cookies than you say, though.
Physics is different in recipeland.
Consuela - Dec 19, 2011 11:19:45 am PST #12239 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
I went out in a t-shirt and my new favorite sweatshirt--my sister got me a really good one from our alma mater, with a kangaroo pocket and hood & everything. It's perfect for huddling in when I have a cold, but doesn't pick up dog hair the way fleece does.
I think it's probably 55 out, and sunny. Nice day.
I spent too much at the grocery store, including buying a big box of Cheerios, and organic applesauce, and lots of oranges and apples, but at least I didn't buy any juice boxes or Spaghetti-Os...
And now I can crash back into bed for the afternoon, or catch up on my Tivo.
meara - Dec 19, 2011 11:22:32 am PST #12240 of 30001
ARGH. Plumber is here, can't figure out what's wrong with the water heater, says it's a fancy one that costs like, $2500. Seriously?!? What is so fancy about it, I don't know (but am going to ask), since the most priciest one at, say, Home Depot, is like, $1500.
Connie Neil - Dec 19, 2011 11:38:59 am PST #12241 of 30001
brillig
Dear sweet blessed mother . . . I've avoided the damned Grandma Got Run Over song all year, and what do I hear when I call a customer and the Verizon voice chirps "Please enjoy this tune while we dial the customer"? That. Damned. Song.
edit: What the hell is wrong with listening to the phone ringing!!