I'm a vision of hotliness, and how weird is that? Mystical comas. You know, if you can stand the horror of a higher power hijacking your mind and body so that it can give birth to itself, I really recommend 'em.

Cordelia ,'You're Welcome'


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.


smonster - Nov 20, 2011 6:05:44 am PST #7641 of 30001
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.

Well organized, well executed Walk of Shame for UC Davis Chancellor Katehi who authorized police force to remove protesters on Friday.

Oh, that is amazing. I'm so proud of them. I hope she felt the weight of that silence.


Connie Neil - Nov 20, 2011 6:07:14 am PST #7642 of 30001
brillig

So how is Grimm doing ratings/having-a-future wise? Hubby has become enamored of the show, and I've caught up with it online. It doesn't suck.


-t - Nov 20, 2011 6:08:04 am PST #7643 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Paging Jesse: was it Williams-Sonoma hot chocolate you were looking for a while back? It's available again [link]


Jesse - Nov 20, 2011 6:26:29 am PST #7644 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Thank you! I imagine my family will be clearing them out. Also, ooh! Salted Caramel??? Yum.


Lee - Nov 20, 2011 6:44:47 am PST #7645 of 30001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.

Not Jesse. but I think I just added a W-S stop to my to-do list this morning.


smonster - Nov 20, 2011 6:51:07 am PST #7646 of 30001
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.

Salted Caramel??? Yum.

Well, now I'm in trouble.


DavidS - Nov 20, 2011 6:51:32 am PST #7647 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Yikes, with friends like these who needs enemas. A positive review of the Kindle Fire on Slate:

The Fire—which is both smaller and lighter than the iPad, but also chunkier and uglier—feels chintzy and ungainly in your hands. In portrait mode, it’s too narrow to hold with two hands but too wide for one. It has one of the worst speakers I’ve ever encountered on a mobile device. (If you want to do anything involving audio, you’ll need to use headphones.) The Fire also lacks important hardware features—like physical buttons to go back to the home screen and adjust the volume—which would be OK if its touch interface worked well. It doesn’t. You sometimes have to press on-screen buttons repeatedly to get them to register, and even then you’re not assured of success, because the Fire often misinterprets what you wanted to press.

The software is plagued not only with bugs—its built-in apps crashed on me a couple of times, including once when I was simply trying to search the Kindle bookstore—but also design flaws. Getting around from app to app takes too many taps, and there’s no easy way to customize the Fire to your own preferences. Among other things, you can’t delete certain icons from your home screen; the Fire’s front page shows a large icon for each bit of media you’ve encountered on the device, and if you want to show something else, tough luck. (Since I wanted to see how well the Fire handled full-color magazines, I bought a copy of Maxim from the Fire’s Newstand app. Now I can’t get the Maxim cover to disappear from my home screen. Embarrassing!)


smonster - Nov 20, 2011 6:54:29 am PST #7648 of 30001
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.

Hey, have we had this totally-banal-yet-potentially-polarizing conversation yet? How do you cook bacon?


Connie Neil - Nov 20, 2011 6:55:46 am PST #7649 of 30001
brillig

In someone else's kitchen, with someone else's pans, so the grease isn't on your stuff.


Jesse - Nov 20, 2011 6:55:58 am PST #7650 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Cast iron skillet, medium-low heat. I see the benefits of oven cooking, but I'd rather deal with the skillet than the pan/rack/etc.