S'mores are good, but bouncy houses are awesome. There's a place on Cape Cod that has trampolines set up over holes in the ground, and it's the best thing ever. (This girl on the trampolines is doing all sorts of stuff that the rules say not to do, but almost no one actually follows any of the rules other than one person per trampoline. [link] )
These girls have the most beautiful dresses. And so do I -- how about that?
Kaylee ,'Shindig'
Natter 70: Hookers and Blow
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.
Hil R. - Jul 15, 2012 4:34:59 pm PDT #14103 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
billytea - Jul 15, 2012 4:35:49 pm PDT #14104 of 30001
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
Is a bouncy house the same as a jumping castle? Ryan was in one of those on the weekend.
Dana - Jul 15, 2012 4:36:22 pm PDT #14105 of 30001
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
No, NFL. The Saints.
aurelia - Jul 15, 2012 4:38:21 pm PDT #14106 of 30001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
How am I going to watch football without a TV?
Surely you have a neighbor with a bigscreen and a picture window, right?
ita, campfires aren't only for camping. Backyard firepits count.
Oh, you silly marshmallow torchers. The toasted marshmallow is perfect when it's at least 50% larger than it started, golden brown all over, and gooey all the way through.
Amy - Jul 15, 2012 4:38:32 pm PDT #14107 of 30001
Because books.
It is, billytea.
At one of Sara's birthday parties we went to a place that had them, and the roof fell in on the kids. That was a little distressing.
Ginger - Jul 15, 2012 4:41:01 pm PDT #14108 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
The toasted marshmallow is perfect when it's at least 50% larger than it started, golden brown all over, and gooey all the way through.
That is not the ADD/ADHD marshmallow.
§ ita § - Jul 15, 2012 4:42:47 pm PDT #14109 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Yeah, if Kat hasn't lit her backyard on fire, then I haven't been privy. My relatives are still all pretty much Jamaican middle class.
aurelia - Jul 15, 2012 4:42:52 pm PDT #14110 of 30001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
That is not the ADD/ADHD marshmallow.
I'd be happy to toast a marshmallow for you. I usually will make one for myself and then start toasting for other people.
Atropa - Jul 15, 2012 4:59:48 pm PDT #14111 of 30001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Oh, you silly marshmallow torchers. The toasted marshmallow is perfect when it's at least 50% larger than it started, golden brown all over, and gooey all the way through.
But then it hasn't been on fire, which is the most important part. Slide the burned part off onto the chocolate and graham cracker (or chocolate and tortilla chips), then set the marshmallow on fire again. Repeat until no more marshmallow, and you've built up an amazing layer of caramelized sugar and chocolate on the starchy delivery device.
Polgara - Jul 15, 2012 5:08:00 pm PDT #14112 of 30001
Karma is a cat, sleeping in my lap cuz it loves me. ~TS
Jilli's way is the one true way.