I'm enjoying the Advent calendar over at Sherlockology. [link]
My whole life just flashed before my eyes! I gotta get me a life!
Xander ,'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.
Calli - Dec 03, 2011 4:29:51 am PST #9656 of 30001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Kat - Dec 03, 2011 4:35:29 am PST #9657 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
My mom just called, which got my heart racing. I thought something had gone awry with my dad. But no. She forgot about the time difference.
Jesse - Dec 03, 2011 4:55:08 am PST #9658 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Because I never had one, I think tha advent calendars with stuff in them are So Fancy! I always had just paper, and the good ones had a picture inside the little doors that went with the overall picture.
My mom just called, which got my heart racing. I thought something had gone awry with my dad. But no. She forgot about the time difference.
Oh, family.
Jessica - Dec 03, 2011 4:56:22 am PST #9659 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Hil (or anyone) - what's a good starter vegan cookbook? (I want to get my brother The Bacon Cookbook for himself and also a vegan cookbook so he can cook for his girlfriend.)
I'm inclined right now to go with Veganomicon because it has an awesome name, but I understand that's not actually a good reason to buy a cookbook.
Hil R. - Dec 03, 2011 5:04:32 am PST #9660 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Hil (or anyone) - what's a good starter vegan cookbook? (I want to get my brother The Bacon Cookbook for himself and also a vegan cookbook so he can cook for his girlfriend.)
I'd go with either Veganomicon or Vegan With a Vengeance. Vegan With a Vengeance is probably more of a "starter" cookbook, with easier and faster recipes, while Veganomicon is more of a "How to Cook Everything" sort of style, with a ton of recipes and suggested variations, ranging from pretty simple to somewhat complicated.
Laura - Dec 03, 2011 5:07:39 am PST #9661 of 30001
Our wings are not tired.
Is there a bad reason yo buy a cookbook? My family seems to think I have an issue because I have such a large collection, and yet I almost always get my recipes on line The real issue is not enough bookshelves in the kitchen.
sarameg - Dec 03, 2011 5:08:32 am PST #9662 of 30001
I broke out of my routine and got a chorizo empanada today. Oh man, so good.
I need to get a vid of the typical Loki/Pumpkin bathtub wrestling match. It starts out with face nuzzling, which turns into neck biting, then full body wrestling & thumping around the tub, with neither able to get any purchase. It's pretty funny. They're good for each other.
Jesse - Dec 03, 2011 5:09:48 am PST #9663 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I'm going to Target later, but I might go join a world record attempt for carolers at noon first.
Hil R. - Dec 03, 2011 5:11:54 am PST #9664 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
I've also heard good things about the Vegan Planet cookbook, but I haven't really looked at it too much.
I've been cooking nearly every night from Appetite for Reduction lately, and everything I've tried from that has been both easy and delicious, but since it is a weight loss cookbook, it's probably a bit iffy as a present.
sarameg - Dec 03, 2011 5:19:22 am PST #9665 of 30001
OK, much as I'd like to lie on the couch and nap, I think the decaf I got at the market was less de than caf (unsurprising, even doing their half-caf wires the fuck out of me) so I might as well go to Target and TJs. And then come back and clean. Possibly behind the radiator, since Pumpkin is acting like she dropped a toy behind there (this is the one radiator I've never cleaned behind. I'm afraid to.)