I suspect he meant a nut of the sort to which he is apparently highly allergic that wasn't supposed to be where it was.
No studying? Damn! Next thing they'll tell me is I'll have to eat jelly doughnuts or sleep with a supermodel to get things done around here. I ask you, how much can one man give?
Xander ,'Conversations with Dead People'
Natter 71: Someone is wrong on the Internet
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.
P.M. Marc - Mar 21, 2013 4:08:27 pm PDT #15602 of 30001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Jessica - Mar 21, 2013 4:11:11 pm PDT #15603 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Right - bad as in "bad nut, why are you in this bag of pretzels!" not bad as in rotten.
[Or more likely "Bad almond, why are you in this bag of peanuts?"]
P.M. Marc - Mar 21, 2013 4:18:26 pm PDT #15604 of 30001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
I am just really, really glad my very favorite American writer survived the nut's sneak attack. He's too important to die, damn it!
Kat - Mar 21, 2013 4:38:05 pm PDT #15605 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
flea, my grant writing metaphor would be finding shoes -- there's the fit part, then the appropriate to the purpose -- snow boots for the beach, or running shoes for a formal wedding do not meet the purpose and then finding a high quality pair without obvious flaws and errors.
But that's because I like my metaphors weird and not super obvious.
I am teaching a unit on style analysis using Tim Burton films. I had an argument with my students that Nightmare Before Christmas, while written by Burton, is not completely his. There is this lovely scene with Diane Keaton in Edward Scissorhands where she is walking up the steps in the mansion and it looks just like Sally going up that amazing staircase. Who stole from whom, I wonder?
Jesse - Mar 21, 2013 4:40:04 pm PDT #15606 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Except, who's the shopper and who's the shoes? I would say the funder is the shopper, really. The grantwriter is making the shoes.
SuziQ - Mar 21, 2013 4:41:17 pm PDT #15607 of 30001
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
I just spent the last couple of hours peeling 10 oranges, removing the pith from the peel, and then alive ring the peel. This is in prep for the Persian feast K-Bug and her best friend (my other daughter) are cooking tomorrow. Persian food is nommy, but the prep is a killer.
Steph L. - Mar 21, 2013 4:43:34 pm PDT #15608 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
alive ring the peel.
I don't know if this is a Persian food thing that I'm not familiar with, or autocorrect.
I hope it's the first.
Jesse - Mar 21, 2013 4:48:36 pm PDT #15609 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Just don't give them all the credit for the meal! Prep is part of cooking, after all.
Man, I wish there were a good way to get to Allentown from Boston. There is not!
SuziQ - Mar 21, 2013 5:14:17 pm PDT #15610 of 30001
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
Slivering is what I meant. They end up candied with slivered carrots, almonds, and pistachios. Mix that with tiny lamb balls (ground lamb and onions - get your mind out of the gutter). Those are layered with Persian saffron rice. It is called Shireen Polo or Sweet Rice. We are also making Persian Dolma (grape leaves stuffed with ground lamb, rice, and a bunch of herbs).
Steph L. - Mar 21, 2013 5:26:13 pm PDT #15611 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Suzi, that sounds so good! (Even if you don't alive ring the peel.)